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    The surname Ells

    A surname, carried by 1,579 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex E420

    Ells: #17,745 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Ells #17,745, 1,579 people Ells: #17,745 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Ells #17,745, 1,579 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ells is more common than 89.1% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,579 people named Ells in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 195,532 Americans. That is up 10% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,436.

    #17,745
    rank among US surnames
    1,579
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +10%
    change since 2000 (was #17,943)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,745Zacher1,579195,532
    #17,752Deo1,578195,656

    Who is named Ells

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

    87% of people named Ells identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.6% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 87%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 5.6%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.7%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Ells

    Ells has the Soundex code E420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code E420.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Ells?
    1,579 people in the United States had the surname Ells in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 195,532 Americans. It ranked 17,745th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Ells?
    In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Ells identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.6% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Ells getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,436 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,579 in 2010, up 10%.