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There are approximately 933 people named Selfe in the UK. That makes it the 7,502nd most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 15 are named Selfe.

Region of origin

British Isles

Country of origin

England

Language of origin

English

Religion of origin

Christian

Classification

English


Related and similar surnames

Self
Scalf
Scelfo
Sele
Selbe
Salfi
Seles
Selep
Celf
Cealfe
Celve
Celfea
Celfo
Cealffe
Psele
Sealfe
Salfe
Sealf
Seilf
Selfee
Seelve
Scelf
Selfa
Salf
Scalfe
Scealf
Salff
Sealfi

The Selfe surname in historical dictionaries

Patronymica Britannica (1860)

SELF. SELFE. "The name of Sewlf (sea-wolf) occurs in a charter of Canute, and it is, probablj', the same as the Saulf in the Domesday of Derbyshire, where it is in the Scandinavian form." Ferguson.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.

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