The Selmi surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 124 people carried this name — #127,186 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,000,000 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 233 people named Selmi.
Most of them — 143 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 26 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
135 people named Selmi live in Switzerland.
They live in 11 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 40 people named Selmi live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Brussels-Capital.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Selmi.
- Selles 272 · U.S. census
- Sellier 253 · U.S. census
- Sellin 446 · U.S. census
- Sellon 379 · U.S. census
- Selly 162 · U.S. census
- Selmani 142 · U.S. census
- Seltz 444 · U.S. census
- Seltzer 4,269 · U.S. census
- Selva 963 · U.S. census
- Selves 141 · U.S. census
- Selzer 1,783 · U.S. census
- Sembach 190 · U.S. census
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