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The surname Ellman

A surname, carried by 1,470 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex E455

Ellman: #18,694 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Ellman #18,694, 1,470 people Ellman: #18,694 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Ellman #18,694, 1,470 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ellman is more common than 88.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,470 people named Ellman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 210,031 Americans. That is up 9.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,341.

#18,694
rank among US surnames
1,470
people in 2010
0.5
per 100,000 Americans
+9.6%
change since 2000 (was #18,857)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#18,685Gettinger1,471209,888
#18,694Klose1,470210,031
#18,703Commander1,469210,174

Who is named Ellman

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

89% of people named Ellman identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.4% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

  • White (not Hispanic) 89%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 5.4%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
  • Two or more races 1.8%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Ellman

Ellman has the Soundex code E455, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code E455.

Questions

How common is the surname Ellman?
1,470 people in the United States had the surname Ellman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 210,031 Americans. It ranked 18,694th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Ellman?
In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Ellman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.4% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Ellman getting more or less common?
More common. 1,341 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,470 in 2010, up 9.6%.