How common is the surname Axelrod?

2,185 people in the United States had the surname Axelrod in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 141,302 Americans. It ranked 13,834th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Axelrod?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Axelrod identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Axelrod?

Julius Axelrod, American biochemist (1912–2004), followed by David Axelrod.

Where is the surname Axelrod most common?

Wikidata records people named Axelrod in the United States.

Is the surname Axelrod getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,194 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,185 in 2010, down 0.4%.

The surname Axelrod

A surname, carried by 2,185 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex A246

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Axelrod is more common than 91.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,185 people named Axelrod in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 141,302 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 2,194.

#13,834

rank among US surnames

2,185

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

-0.4%

change since 2000 (was #12,858)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#13,830	Gammons	2,186	141,238
#13,834	Balsamo	2,185	141,302
#13,843	Gardener	2,184	141,367

Who is named Axelrod

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

95% of people named Axelrod identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

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

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Axelrods

8 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Axlerod

Axelrod has the Soundex code A246, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A246.

Questions

How common is the surname Axelrod?: 2,185 people in the United States had the surname Axelrod in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 141,302 Americans. It ranked 13,834th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Axelrod?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Axelrod identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Axelrod?: Julius Axelrod, American biochemist (1912–2004), followed by David Axelrod.
Where is the surname Axelrod most common?: Wikidata records people named Axelrod in the United States.
Is the surname Axelrod getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,194 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,185 in 2010, down 0.4%.
What are other spellings of Axelrod?: Axlerod.