The Selle surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,410 people carried this name — #19,234 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 208,300 people counted. That is down 3% from 1,453 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 550 people named Selle.
21 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 52 départements, most often Seine-Maritime.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 49 people named Selle live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Santa Fe.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
36 people named Selle live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In the Nordic population registers
238 people named Selle is counted in Norway.
Norway publishes only surnames with 200 or more bearers.
Counted, by country
Statistics Norway (SSB, ssb.no), table 12891, 2025 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Selle,
with a public archive behind them.
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Thomas Selle 1599–1663 · composer -
Christian Gottlieb Selle 1748–1800 · physician -
Hermann Selle 1836–1872 · photographer -
Friedrich Wilhelm Selle 1787–1871 · military officer
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Paul Selle 1841–1906 · photographer
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Auguste-Robert Selle 1854–1927 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Selle.
- Seiwert 429 · U.S. census
- Sekula 966 · U.S. census
- Selig 2,020 · U.S. census
- Seligmann 174 · U.S. census
- Selin 736 · U.S. census
- Sella 506 · U.S. census
- Sellen 407 · U.S. census
- Seller 503 · U.S. census
- Selles 285 · U.S. census
- Sellier 255 · U.S. census
- Sellin 433 · U.S. census
- Sellon 366 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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