How common is the surname Eells?

1,415 people in the United States had the surname Eells in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 218,195 Americans. It ranked 19,189th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Eells?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Eells identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Eells getting more or less common?

More common. 1,305 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,415 in 2010, up 8.4%.

The surname Eells

A surname, carried by 1,415 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex E420

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Eells is more common than 88.2% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,415 people named Eells in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 218,195 Americans. That is up 8.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,305.

#19,189

rank among US surnames

1,415

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+8.4%

change since 2000 (was #19,232)

Who is named Eells

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

94% of people named Eells identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.3%
Two or more races 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Eells

Eells has the Soundex code E420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code E420.

Questions

How common is the surname Eells?: 1,415 people in the United States had the surname Eells in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 218,195 Americans. It ranked 19,189th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Eells?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Eells identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Eells getting more or less common?: More common. 1,305 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,415 in 2010, up 8.4%.