# Efron (surname)

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

A surname from Hebrew.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Hebrew |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 338 |
| US rank (2010) | 59,742 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 913,448 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.4% (327 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew עפרון, a Biblical placename.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Efron 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) | 89% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 6.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |
| Two or more races | 2.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Efron in the United States and Mexico.

## People named Efron

- Zac Efron, American actor and singer (born 1987)
- Inés Efron, Argentine actress
- Bradley Efron, American statistician and university teacher (born 1938)
- Dylan Efron, American actor

## Similar surnames

Ebron, Everman, Ephraim, Ebrahimi, Ebrahim.

## 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.