Last Name SELF

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Meaning Local: Of Shelf, a village in the union of Halifax. Also 'the son of Seleth.' The second origin is the chief parent.
The son of Seleth. The order of corruption was very simple, as follows: Seleth, Selth, and Self or Selfe. Nevertheless, Seleth was so popular that it must have made its mark on English permanent nomenclature. Selth lingered on as a surname in the district in which as a personal name it arose.
Origin English, Native American, Irish, Belgian

Rank 1,426 (2000 US census) 1,251 (1990 US census)
Count 22,954 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 90.28%, or 20723 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 5.17%, or 1187 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.36%, or 83 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 1.18%, or 271 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.42%, or 326 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.6%, or 367 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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