How common is the surname Elsner?

2,017 people in the United States had the surname Elsner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 153,072 Americans. It ranked 14,734th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Elsner?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Elsner identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Elsner getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,385 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,017 in 2010, down 15%.

The surname Elsner

A surname, carried by 2,017 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex E425

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Elsner is more common than 90.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,017 people named Elsner in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 153,072 Americans. That is down 15% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,385.

#14,734

rank among US surnames

2,017

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

-15.4%

change since 2000 (was #12,017)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,734	Elsner	2,017	153,072
#14,739	Siefert	2,016	153,148

Who is named Elsner

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

96% of people named Elsner identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Two or more races 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Elsner

Elson

Elsner has the Soundex code E425, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code E425.

Questions

How common is the surname Elsner?: 2,017 people in the United States had the surname Elsner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 153,072 Americans. It ranked 14,734th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Elsner?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Elsner identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Elsner getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,385 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,017 in 2010, down 15%.