How common is the surname Elser?

1,549 people in the United States had the surname Elser in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 199,319 Americans. It ranked 18,018th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Elser?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Elser identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Elser getting more or less common?

More common. 1,376 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,549 in 2010, up 13%.

The surname Elser

A surname, carried by 1,549 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex E426

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Elser is more common than 88.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,549 people named Elser in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 199,319 Americans. That is up 13% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,376.

#18,018

rank among US surnames

1,549

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+12.6%

change since 2000 (was #18,506)

Who is named Elser

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

95% of people named Elser identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.4%
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.

Questions

How common is the surname Elser?: 1,549 people in the United States had the surname Elser in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 199,319 Americans. It ranked 18,018th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Elser?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Elser identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Elser getting more or less common?: More common. 1,376 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,549 in 2010, up 13%.