Selwood
English
Alternative forms
- (surname): Sellwood
Etymology
From Old English sealh (“willow”) + wudu (“wood”).
Proper noun
Selwood (countable and uncountable, plural Selwoods)
- A civil parish in Somerset, England, previously in Mendip district (OS grid ref ST787486). [1]
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Selwood is the 111426th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 158 individuals. Selwood is most common among White (90.51%) individuals.
References
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Selwood”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.