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    The surname Ellenburg

    A surname, carried by 2,286 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex E451

    Ellenburg: #13,338 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Ellenburg #13,338, 2,286 people Ellenburg: #13,338 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Ellenburg #13,338, 2,286 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ellenburg is more common than 91.8% of them.

    Origin

    The New York town is from the given name Ellen + -burg.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,286 people named Ellenburg in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 135,059 Americans. That is up 4.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,185.

    #13,338
    rank among US surnames
    2,286
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.6%
    change since 2000 (was #12,902)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,330Bothwell2,288134,941
    #13,334Korb2,287135,000
    #13,338Saxena2,286135,059
    #13,344Stroupe2,285135,118

    Who is named Ellenburg

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

    95% of people named Ellenburg identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.7%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.1%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Ellenburg

    Ellenburg has the Soundex code E451, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code E451.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Ellenburg come from?
    The New York town is from the given name Ellen + -burg.
    How common is the surname Ellenburg?
    2,286 people in the United States had the surname Ellenburg in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 135,059 Americans. It ranked 13,338th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Ellenburg?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Ellenburg identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Ellenburg getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,185 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,286 in 2010, up 4.6%.