Selz (surname)

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Selz [1] [2] and its variant Seltz [3] [4] is a South German, Alsatian and Ashkenazic habitational surname for a person living in the originally Swabian and now French settlement Seltz (German spelling: Selz) and may refer to:

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  1. "Selz Surname". forebears.io. Retrieved 2020-01-28. Approximately 1,476 people bear this surname. Most prevalent in: Germany; Highest density in: Germany.
  2. "Selz Name Meaning". ancestry.com (in German). Retrieved 2020-01-28. South German: habitational name from any of several places so named.
  3. "Seltz Surname". forebears.io. Retrieved 2020-01-28. Approximately 1,286 people bear this surname. Most prevalent in: United States; Highest density in: France.
  4. "Seltz Name Meaning". ancestry.com (in German). Retrieved 2020-01-28. German: habitational name from a place so named in Pomerania.