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    The surname Eller

    A surname, carried by 11,103 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex E460

    Eller: #3,250 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Eller #3,250, 11,103 people Eller: #3,250 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Eller #3,250, 11,103 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Eller is more common than 98% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 11,103 people named Eller in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 27,807 Americans. That is down 16% since 2000, when the Census counted 13,243.

    #3,250
    rank among US surnames
    11,103
    people in 2010
    3.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    -16.2%
    change since 2000 (was #2,497)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,241Ayres11,13927,718
    #3,243Amin11,13727,723
    #3,244Warden11,13527,727
    #3,245Muir11,13027,740
    #3,246Samson11,12327,757
    #3,247Ezell11,12127,762
    #3,248Switzer11,11427,780

    Who is named Eller

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

    94% of people named Eller identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.5%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Ellers

    5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Fabiano Eller
      Brazilian footballer and manager, born 1977
    • Cássia Eller
      Brazilian singer (1962-2001)
    • Walton Eller
      American sports shooter, born 1982
    • Carl Eller
      American football player (born 1942)
    • Fanny Elssler
      Austrian ballerina (1810-1884)

    Notable Ellers come mostly from Brazil (2), the United States (2) and Cisleithania (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Eller

    Eller has the Soundex code E460, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code E460.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Eller?
    11,103 people in the United States had the surname Eller in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 27,807 Americans. It ranked 3,250th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Eller?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Eller identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Eller?
    Fabiano Eller, Brazilian footballer and manager, followed by Cássia Eller.
    Where is the surname Eller most common?
    Wikidata records people named Eller in Brazil, the United States and Cisleithania.
    Is the surname Eller getting more or less common?
    Less common. 13,243 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,103 in 2010, down 16%.