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    The surname Ehlert

    A surname, carried by 2,602 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex E463

    Ehlert: #12,003 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Ehlert #12,003, 2,602 people Ehlert: #12,003 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Ehlert #12,003, 2,602 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ehlert is more common than 92.6% of them.

    Origin

    From German Ehlert.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,602 people named Ehlert in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 118,657 Americans. That is down 0.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,626.

    #12,003
    rank among US surnames
    2,602
    people in 2010
    0.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    -0.9%
    change since 2000 (was #11,097)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #11,998Byram2,603118,611
    #12,003Ehlert2,602118,657
    #12,005Jaber2,601118,703
    #12,009Donlon2,600118,748
    #12,012Szeto2,599118,794

    Who is named Ehlert

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

    97% of people named Ehlert identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 97%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Ehlert come from?
    From German Ehlert.
    How common is the surname Ehlert?
    2,602 people in the United States had the surname Ehlert in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 118,657 Americans. It ranked 12,003rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Ehlert?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Ehlert identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Ehlert getting more or less common?
    Less common. 2,626 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,602 in 2010, down 0.9%.