Last Name SELBY

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Meaning Local: Of Selby, a parish and market-town in East Riding Yorks.
Local: A market-town in west Yorkshire, England, on the Ouse. Danish, 'Seile,' to sail, to navigate, and 'by,' a town. 'Seil,' a sail. A place of boats or sails.
Origin English, Jewish, Irish

Rank 2,858 (2000 US census) 2,577 (1990 US census)
Count 11,533 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 83.48%, or 9628 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 12.12%, or 1398 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.47%, or 54 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.8%, or 92 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.57%, or 181 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.56%, or 180 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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