Last name: SELKIRK
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SELKIRK : This last name is indexed 13,108 times on Geneanet!Origin of last name
SELKIRK : Scottish: habitational name from Selkirk (Selkirkshire) from Old English sele ‘dwelling hall’ + cirice ‘church’ (with influence from Old Norse kirkja ‘church’).
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