The surname Eiland
A Dutch surname, carried by 3,250 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex E453
Origin
Dutch origin
Borrowed from Dutch eiland and North German Eiland. Compare Eilander.
One of 167 Dutch surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 3,250 people named Eiland in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 94,999 Americans. That is up 13% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,887.
| Rank | Surname | People | 1 in |
|---|---|---|---|
| #9,925 | Krone | 3,253 | 94,911 |
| #9,927 | Wightman | 3,252 | 94,940 |
| #9,928 | Srivastava | 3,251 | 94,969 |
| #9,929 | Eiland | 3,250 | 94,999 |
| #9,931 | Tso | 3,249 | 95,028 |
Who is named Eiland
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
53% of people named Eiland identified as white (not Hispanic), 40% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.5% as two or more races.
- White (not Hispanic) 53%
- Black (not Hispanic) 40%
- Two or more races 3.5%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Eiland
Eiland has the Soundex code E453, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code E453.
Other Dutch surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Eiland come from?
- Borrowed from Dutch eiland and North German Eiland. Compare Eilander.
- How common is the surname Eiland?
- 3,250 people in the United States had the surname Eiland in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 94,999 Americans. It ranked 9,929th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Eiland?
- In the 2010 Census, 53% of people named Eiland identified as white (not Hispanic), and 40% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Eiland getting more or less common?
- More common. 2,887 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,250 in 2010, up 13%.