# Eland (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Dutch |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 634 |
| US rank (2010) | 35,489 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 486,980 people |
| Change since 2000 | -6.2% (676 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Various etymologies: * English habitational surname, from the town of Elland, in West Yorkshire, or from the village of Ealand, in North Lincolnshire, all of which derive from Old English ealand (“cultivated land by a river”). * Borrowed from Dutch Eland, a personal name composed of adel (“noble”) + land (“land”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Eland 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) | 96% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.1% |

## Similar surnames

Eiland.

## 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.