How common is the surname Ellwood?

1,536 people in the United States had the surname Ellwood in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 201,006 Americans. It ranked 18,128th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Ellwood?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Ellwood identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Ellwood?

Craig Ellwood, American architect (1922-1992).

Where is the surname Ellwood most common?

Wikidata records people named Ellwood in the United States.

Is the surname Ellwood getting more or less common?

More common. 1,431 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,536 in 2010, up 7.3%.

The surname Ellwood

A surname, carried by 1,536 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex E430

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ellwood is more common than 88.8% of them.

Origin

Variant of Elwood.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,536 people named Ellwood in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 201,006 Americans. That is up 7.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,431.

#18,128

rank among US surnames

1,536

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+7.3%

change since 2000 (was #17,984)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#18,128	Stenzel	1,536	201,006
#18,137	Hulin	1,535	201,137

Who is named Ellwood

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

93% of people named Ellwood identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.8%
Two or more races 1.2%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Ellwoods

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Craig Ellwood
American architect (1922-1992)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Ellwood

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

Questions

Where does the surname Ellwood come from?: Variant of Elwood.
How common is the surname Ellwood?: 1,536 people in the United States had the surname Ellwood in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 201,006 Americans. It ranked 18,128th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Ellwood?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Ellwood identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Ellwood?: Craig Ellwood, American architect (1922-1992).
Where is the surname Ellwood most common?: Wikidata records people named Ellwood in the United States.
Is the surname Ellwood getting more or less common?: More common. 1,431 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,536 in 2010, up 7.3%.