How common is the surname Elbert?

3,339 people in the United States had the surname Elbert in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 92,466 Americans. It ranked 9,716th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Elbert getting more or less common?

More common. 3,088 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,339 in 2010, up 8.1%.

Is Elbert also a first name?

Yes. Elbert is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Elbert

A surname, carried by 3,339 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex E416 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Elbert is more common than 94% of them.

Origin

A cognate of the more common Albert.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,339 people named Elbert in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 92,466 Americans. That is up 8.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,088.

#9,716

rank among US surnames

3,339

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+8.1%

change since 2000 (was #9,656)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,709	Mahmoud	3,342	92,383
#9,710	Gigliotti	3,341	92,411
#9,712	Hallam	3,340	92,439
#9,716	Haskin	3,339	92,466
#9,720	Mandell	3,337	92,522
#9,722	Mower	3,336	92,550

Who is named Elbert

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

77% of people named Elbert identified as white (not Hispanic), 18% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 77%
Black (not Hispanic) 18%
Two or more races 2.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Questions

Where does the surname Elbert come from?: A cognate of the more common Albert.
How common is the surname Elbert?: 3,339 people in the United States had the surname Elbert in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 92,466 Americans. It ranked 9,716th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Elbert?: In the 2010 Census, 77% of people named Elbert identified as white (not Hispanic), and 18% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Elbert getting more or less common?: More common. 3,088 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,339 in 2010, up 8.1%.
Is Elbert also a first name?: Yes. Elbert is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.