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    The surname Ellerby

    An English place surname, carried by 579 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex E461

    Ellerby: #38,265 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Ellerby #38,265, 579 people Ellerby: #38,265 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Ellerby #38,265, 579 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ellerby is more common than 76.4% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    From the Old English personal name Ælfweard, which is composed of the elements ælf (“elf”) and weard (“guard”), + Old Norse býr (“farmstead; settlement”).

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

    One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 579 people named Ellerby in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 533,239 Americans. That is up 18% since 2000, when the Census counted 492.

    #38,265
    rank among US surnames
    579
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +17.7%
    change since 2000 (was #41,657)

    Who is named Ellerby

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

    63% of people named Ellerby identified as Black (not Hispanic), 30% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • Black (not Hispanic) 63%
    • White (not Hispanic) 30%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.3%
    • Two or more races 2.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Ellerby

    Ellerby has the Soundex code E461, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code E461.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Ellerby come from?
    From the Old English personal name Ælfweard, which is composed of the elements ælf (“elf”) and weard (“guard”), + Old Norse býr (“farmstead; settlement”).
    How common is the surname Ellerby?
    579 people in the United States had the surname Ellerby in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 533,239 Americans. It ranked 38,265th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Ellerby?
    In the 2010 Census, 63% of people named Ellerby identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 30% as white (not Hispanic).
    What type of surname is Ellerby?
    Ellerby is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Ellerby getting more or less common?
    More common. 492 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 579 in 2010, up 18%.
    What are other spellings of Ellerby?
    Ellerbee.