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There are approximately 3,546 people named Self in the UK. That makes it the 2,840th most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 56 are named Self.

Region of origin

British Isles

Country of origin

England

Language of origin

English

Religion of origin

Christian

Classification

English


Related and similar surnames

Selfe
Scalf
Scelfo
Salfi
Selb
Seel
Sele
Seil
Sehl
Seal
Celf
Celfo
Celfea
Celfou
Celffo
Cealfe
Psel
Sealf
Seilf
Sealfe
Selfa
Scelf
Salf
Scealf
Selfee
Sealfi
Salff
Salfe
Seelve
Seelfo

The Self 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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