Selwood

English

Alternative forms

• (surname): Sellwood

Etymology

From Old English sealh (“willow”) + wudu (“wood”).

Proper noun

Selwood (countable and uncountable, plural Selwoods)

1. A civil parish in Mendip district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST787486).
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Selwood is the 111426^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 158 individuals. Selwood is most common among White (90.51%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Selwood”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.