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    The surname Edelen

    A surname, carried by 2,524 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex E345

    Edelen: #12,320 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Edelen #12,320, 2,524 people Edelen: #12,320 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Edelen #12,320, 2,524 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Edelen is more common than 92.4% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,524 people named Edelen in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 122,324 Americans. That is up 5.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,400.

    #12,320
    rank among US surnames
    2,524
    people in 2010
    0.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.2%
    change since 2000 (was #11,943)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,312Bradburn2,525122,275
    #12,320Galasso2,524122,324
    #12,323Dendy2,523122,372
    #12,328Reason2,522122,421

    Who is named Edelen

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

    74% of people named Edelen identified as white (not Hispanic), 22% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 74%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 22%
    • Two or more races 2.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Edelen

    Edelen has the Soundex code E345, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code E345.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Edelen?
    2,524 people in the United States had the surname Edelen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 122,324 Americans. It ranked 12,320th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Edelen?
    In the 2010 Census, 74% of people named Edelen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 22% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Edelen getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,400 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,524 in 2010, up 5.2%.