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    The surname Elders

    A surname, carried by 1,641 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex E436

    Elders: #17,258 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Elders #17,258, 1,641 people Elders: #17,258 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Elders #17,258, 1,641 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Elders is more common than 89.4% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,641 people named Elders in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 188,145 Americans. That is up 2.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,601.

    #17,258
    rank among US surnames
    1,641
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.5%
    change since 2000 (was #16,525)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,249Makela1,642188,030
    #17,258Elders1,641188,145

    Who is named Elders

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

    89% of people named Elders identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 89%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 4.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Elderss

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Joycelyn Elders
      American pediatrician, public health administrator, and former Surgeon General of the Unit, born 1933

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    Surnames that sound like Elders

    Elders has the Soundex code E436, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code E436.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Elders?
    1,641 people in the United States had the surname Elders in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 188,145 Americans. It ranked 17,258th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Elders?
    In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Elders identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Elders?
    Joycelyn Elders, American pediatrician, public health administrator, and former Surgeon General of the Unit.
    Where is the surname Elders most common?
    Wikidata records people named Elders in the United States.
    Is the surname Elders getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,601 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,641 in 2010, up 2.5%.