How common is the surname Elrod?

10,851 people in the United States had the surname Elrod in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 28,453 Americans. It ranked 3,305th of 162,253 surnames.

Where is the surname Elrod most common?

Wikidata records people named Elrod in the United States.

Is the surname Elrod getting more or less common?

More common. 10,661 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,851 in 2010, up 1.8%.

The surname Elrod

A surname, carried by 10,851 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex E463

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Elrod is more common than 98% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 10,851 people named Elrod in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 28,453 Americans. That is up 1.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 10,661.

#3,305

rank among US surnames

10,851

people in 2010

3.7

per 100,000 Americans

+1.8%

change since 2000 (was #3,113)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,296	Massie	10,920	28,273
#3,297	Pedroza	10,918	28,279
#3,298	Morey	10,894	28,341
#3,299	Larios	10,887	28,359
#3,301	Brant	10,886	28,362
#3,302	Carvalho	10,877	28,385
#3,303	Miguel	10,861	28,427

Who is named Elrod

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

94% of people named Elrod identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
Two or more races 1.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Elrods

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Scott Elrod
American actor, born 1975

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Elrod

Ellard

Elrod has the Soundex code E463, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code E463.

Questions

How common is the surname Elrod?: 10,851 people in the United States had the surname Elrod in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 28,453 Americans. It ranked 3,305th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Elrod?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Elrod identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Elrod?: Scott Elrod, American actor.
Where is the surname Elrod most common?: Wikidata records people named Elrod in the United States.
Is the surname Elrod getting more or less common?: More common. 10,661 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,851 in 2010, up 1.8%.