Last Name SELMAN

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Meaning The son of Seliman, i.e. Solomon. So connection with 'sale,' a hall. The 'd' in Selmond is an excresence. Also nickname, 'the silly man,' i.e. the innocent, quite man, or 'the servant of Silly,' a well-known personal name in the West country.
Origin English, Jewish, Irish, Croatian, Falkland, Belgian, Hungarian

Rank 7,864 (2000 US census) 8,166 (1990 US census)
Count 3,902 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 84.93%, or 3314 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 9.46%, or 369 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.67%, or 26 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.41%, or 16 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.26%, or 49 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 3.28%, or 128 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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