Explore the Family Name Seliga

The meaning of Seliga

1. Polish: variant of Szeliga. 2. Slovak (mainly Šeliga) and Czech (Šeliga); Slovenian (Šeliga): most likely related to the Polish surnames Seliga (see above) and Szeliga. It has also been suggested that the Slovak name is a variant of Šaliga (see Saliga), but this is less probable. 3. Czech: derivative of (Middle High) German selig ‘happy, fortunate’ (see Selig).

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How common is the last name Seliga in the United States?

According to the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Seliga has seen some changes in terms of popularity over the years. In 2000, it was ranked 34,150 but dropped to 37,792 by 2010, representing a decrease of 10.66 percent. The count of individuals with the Seliga surname also fell from 628 in 2000 to 588 in 2010, a drop of 6.37 percent. Moreover, its proportion per 100,000 people decreased from 0.23 to 0.2 during the same period, a change of -13.04 percent.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#34,150	#37,792	-10.66%
Count	628	588	-6.37%
Proportion per 100k	0.23	0.2	-13.04%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Seliga

When examining the ethnicity distribution of the Seliga surname based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, we notice that most individuals identify as White, rising slightly from 96.97 percent in 2000 to 97.96 percent in 2010. The percentage of those identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander dropped entirely from 1.27 percent in 2000 to zero in 2010. Those identifying as Hispanic saw a decrease from 1.11 percent in 2000 to 0.85 percent in 2010, marking a 23.42 percent reduction. There were no significant changes for other ethnic identities such as Black, American Indian, and Alaskan Native, or those identifying as belonging to two or more races.

	2000	2010	Change
White	96.97%	97.96%	1.02%
Hispanic	1.11%	0.85%	-23.42%
Asian/Pacific Islander	1.27%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%