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  1. Selby

    Selby is a market town and civil parish in the Selby District of North Yorkshire, England, 14 miles (22.5 km) south of York on the River Ouse. In the 2021 UK Census, it had a population recorded at 19,760.The town was historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire until 1974.Selby once had a large shipbuilding industry, and was an important port on the Selby Canal which brought trade from Leeds.

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  1. Selby

    Selby is a town and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. Situated 14 miles south of the city of York, along the course of the River Ouse, Selby is the largest and, with a population of 13,012, most populous settlement of the wider Selby local government district. Historically a part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, much of the wealth of the town was facilitated via Selby's position upon the banks of the River Ouse. In the past, Selby had a large shipbuilding industry and was an important port, for the most part due to the Selby Canal which brought trade from the city of Leeds.

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

  1. Selby

    a market-town of Yorkshire, on the Ouse, 15 m. S. of York; has a noted cruciform abbey church, founded in the 12th century, and exhibiting various styles of architecture; has some boat-building; manufactures flax, ropes, leather, bricks, &c.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. SELBY

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Selby is ranked #3008 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Selby surname appeared 11,908 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 4 would have the surname Selby.

    81.2% or 9,673 total occurrences were White.
    13.3% or 1,589 total occurrences were Black.
    2.2% or 273 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    1.9% or 235 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    0.6% or 71 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
    0.5% or 67 total occurrences were Asian.

British National Corpus

  1. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'selby' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2200

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of selby in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of selby in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

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