How common is the surname El?

1,597 people in the United States had the surname El in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 193,328 Americans. It ranked 17,596th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname El?

In the 2010 Census, 61% of people named El identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 16% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Is the surname El getting more or less common?

More common. 1,168 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,597 in 2010, up 37%.

The surname El

A surname, carried by 1,597 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex E400

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). El is more common than 89.2% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,597 people named El in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 193,328 Americans. That is up 37% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,168.

#17,596

rank among US surnames

1,597

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+36.7%

change since 2000 (was #20,982)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#17,596	McGeehan	1,597	193,328
#17,605	Stahlman	1,596	193,450

Who is named El

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

61% of people named El identified as Black (not Hispanic), 16% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 13% as white (not Hispanic).

Black (not Hispanic) 61%
Asian and Pacific Islander 16%
White (not Hispanic) 13%
Two or more races 5.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.2%

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like El

El has the Soundex code E400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code E400.

Questions

How common is the surname El?: 1,597 people in the United States had the surname El in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 193,328 Americans. It ranked 17,596th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname El?: In the 2010 Census, 61% of people named El identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 16% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Is the surname El getting more or less common?: More common. 1,168 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,597 in 2010, up 37%.