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The Sellin surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 433 people carried this name — #48,717 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 666,700 people counted. That is down 3% from 446 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Sellin surname

Borrowed from German Sellin.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Sellin» (Polish), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 937 people named Sellin.

5 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 27 départements, most often Finistère.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 5
Finistère 776
Guadeloupe 41
Paris 24
Morbihan 16
Yvelines 15
Manche 7
Var 6
Seine-et-Marne 5

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Poland’s population register

33 people named Sellin have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 52 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 3 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Pomeranian.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Pomeranian 19
Masovian 10
Greater Poland 4

PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.

In the Nordic population registers

584 people named Sellin is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 584

Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).

Who carried it

People named Sellin,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Fryderyk Sellin
    Fryderyk Sellin 1831–1914 · merchant
  • Albrecht Wilhelm Sellin
    Albrecht Wilhelm Sellin 1841–1933
  • Ernst Sellin
    Ernst Sellin 1867–1946 · university teacher
  • Carl Sellin 1833–1910 · theologian
  • Gotthilf Sellin 1844–1921 · writer
  • Eugen Sellin 1865–1920 · politician

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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