The surname Elms
A surname, carried by 2,292 people in the United States.
1 syllable Soundex E452
Origin
Plural form of Elm.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 2,292 people named Elms in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 134,706 Americans. That is down 1.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,331.
#13,306
rank among US surnames
2,292
people in 2010
0.8
per 100,000 Americans
-1.7%
change since 2000 (was #12,248)
Who is named Elms
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
87% of people named Elms identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.6% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 87%
- Black (not Hispanic) 5.6%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
- Two or more races 2.4%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Elms
Elms has the Soundex code E452, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code E452.
Questions
- Where does the surname Elms come from?
- Plural form of Elm.
- How common is the surname Elms?
- 2,292 people in the United States had the surname Elms in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 134,706 Americans. It ranked 13,306th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Elms?
- In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Elms identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.6% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Elms getting more or less common?
- Less common. 2,331 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,292 in 2010, down 1.7%.