How common is the surname Else?

1,049 people in the United States had the surname Else in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 294,324 Americans. It ranked 24,031st of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Else getting more or less common?

More common. 964 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,049 in 2010, up 8.8%.

Is Else also a first name?

Yes. Else is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Else

A surname, carried by 1,049 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex E420 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Else is more common than 85.2% of them.

Origin

* As an English surname, spelling variant of Ell. * As a north German surname, of Low German origin, from Proto-West Germanic *aliʀu (“alder”), comparable to Dutch els.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,049 people named Else in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 294,324 Americans. That is up 8.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 964.

#24,031

rank among US surnames

1,049

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+8.8%

change since 2000 (was #24,350)

Who is named Else

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

80% of people named Else identified as white (not Hispanic), 12% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 80%
Black (not Hispanic) 12%
Asian and Pacific Islander 2.8%
Two or more races 2.8%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Hispanic, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Else

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

Questions

Where does the surname Else come from?: * As an English surname, spelling variant of Ell. * As a north German surname, of Low German origin, from Proto-West Germanic *aliʀu (“alder”), comparable to Dutch els.
How common is the surname Else?: 1,049 people in the United States had the surname Else in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 294,324 Americans. It ranked 24,031st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Else?: In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Else identified as white (not Hispanic), and 12% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Else getting more or less common?: More common. 964 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,049 in 2010, up 8.8%.
Is Else also a first name?: Yes. Else is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.