# Axelrod (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/axelrod/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,185 |
| US rank (2010) | 13,834 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 141,302 people |
| Change since 2000 | -0.4% (2,194 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Axlerod |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Axelrod in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 95% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.9% |
| Two or more races | 1.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Axelrod in the United States.

## People named Axelrod

- Julius Axelrod, American biochemist (1912–2004)
- David Axelrod, American political consultant (born 1955)
- Robert Axelrod, American political scientist (b. 1943)
- Robert Axelrod, American actor (1949–2019)
- George Axelrod, American screenwriter, producer (1922-2003)
- David Axelrod, American musician, record producer, composer and arranger (1931–2017)
- Albert Axelrod, American fencer (1921-2004)
- Herbert R. Axelrod, American ichthyologist (1927–2017)

## Similar surnames

Aguilar, Aguilera, Auclair, Aguillard, Aquilar.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.