Sellwood

English

Etymology

Variant of Selwood.

Proper noun

Sellwood (countable and uncountable, plural Sellwoods)

1. A surname.
2. A neighbourhood of Portland, Oregon, United States.
3. A ghost town, formerly a village in Capreol, Ontario, Canada.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Sellwood is the 134712^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 125 individuals. Sellwood is most common among White (90.4%) individuals.

Further reading

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