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    The surname Eland

    A Dutch place surname, carried by 634 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex E453

    Eland: #35,489 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Eland #35,489, 634 people Eland: #35,489 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Eland #35,489, 634 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Eland is more common than 78.1% of them.

    Origin

    Dutch origin

    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”).

    Eland is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    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 634 people named Eland in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 486,980 Americans. That is down 6.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 676.

    #35,489
    rank among US surnames
    634
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    -6.2%
    change since 2000 (was #32,161)

    Who is named Eland

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

    96% of people named Eland identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.4% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.4%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.1%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Eland

    Eland has the Soundex code E453, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code E453.

    Other Dutch surnames

    All 167 Dutch surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Eland come from?
    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”)…
    How common is the surname Eland?
    634 people in the United States had the surname Eland in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 486,980 Americans. It ranked 35,489th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Eland?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Eland identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as Black (not Hispanic).
    What type of surname is Eland?
    Eland is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Eland getting more or less common?
    Less common. 676 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 634 in 2010, down 6.2%.