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    The surname Elmi

    A surname, carried by 1,289 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex E450

    Elmi: #20,565 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Elmi #20,565, 1,289 people Elmi: #20,565 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Elmi #20,565, 1,289 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Elmi is more common than 87.3% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,289 people named Elmi in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 239,523 Americans. That is up 138% since 2000, when the Census counted 542.

    #20,565
    rank among US surnames
    1,289
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +137.8%
    change since 2000 (was #38,395)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #20,565Elmi1,289239,523
    #20,574Follmer1,288239,709

    Who is named Elmi

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

    82% of people named Elmi identified as Black (not Hispanic), 13% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.1% as two or more races.

    • Black (not Hispanic) 82%
    • White (not Hispanic) 13%
    • Two or more races 3.1%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.2%
    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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    Surnames that sound like Elmi

    Elmi has the Soundex code E450, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code E450.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Elmi?
    1,289 people in the United States had the surname Elmi in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 239,523 Americans. It ranked 20,565th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Elmi?
    In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Elmi identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 13% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Elmi getting more or less common?
    More common. 542 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,289 in 2010, up 138%.