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The surname Ellett

A surname, carried by 2,133 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex E430

Ellett: #14,093 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Ellett #14,093, 2,133 people Ellett: #14,093 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Ellett #14,093, 2,133 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ellett is more common than 91.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,133 people named Ellett in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 144,747 Americans. That is up 7.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,978.

#14,093
rank among US surnames
2,133
people in 2010
0.7
per 100,000 Americans
+7.8%
change since 2000 (was #13,994)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#14,084Youngberg2,135144,611
#14,090Cumbie2,134144,679
#14,093Cull2,133144,747
#14,096Vanpatten2,132144,815

Who is named Ellett

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

91% of people named Ellett identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

  • White (not Hispanic) 91%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 3.8%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
  • Two or more races 1.1%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Ellett

Ellett has the Soundex code E430, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code E430.

Questions

How common is the surname Ellett?
2,133 people in the United States had the surname Ellett in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 144,747 Americans. It ranked 14,093rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Ellett?
In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Ellett identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Ellett getting more or less common?
More common. 1,978 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,133 in 2010, up 7.8%.