# Ehlers (surname)

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

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 7,524 |
| US rank (2010) | 4,714 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 41,035 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.1% (7,442 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Ehlers 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% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Ehlers in the United States and Australia.

## People named Ehlers

- Vern Ehlers, American politician (1934-2017)
- Jerome Ehlers, Australian actor (1958–2014)

## Similar surnames

Eilers.

## 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.