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    The surname Eltringham

    An English place surname, carried by 553 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex E436

    Eltringham: #39,717 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Eltringham #39,717, 553 people Eltringham: #39,717 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Eltringham #39,717, 553 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Eltringham is more common than 75.5% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    Habitational surname from a minor place near Mickley, in Northumberland, from the dative form of the Old English personal name Ælfhere, which is composed of the elements ælf (“elf”) and here (“army”), + hām (“homestead”). The -t- was presumably inserted for the sake of euphony.

    Eltringham is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 553 people named Eltringham in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 558,310 Americans. That is up 20% since 2000, when the Census counted 461.

    #39,717
    rank among US surnames
    553
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +20%
    change since 2000 (was #44,027)

    Who is named Eltringham

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

    97% of people named Eltringham identified as white (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 97%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.9%
    • Two or more races 0.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Eltringham come from?
    Habitational surname from a minor place near Mickley, in Northumberland, from the dative form of the Old English personal name Ælfhere, which is composed of the elements ælf (“elf”) and here (“army”), + hām (“homestead”). The -t- was presumably inserted for the sake of euphony.
    How common is the surname Eltringham?
    553 people in the United States had the surname Eltringham in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 558,310 Americans. It ranked 39,717th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Eltringham?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Eltringham identified as white (not Hispanic), and 0.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    What type of surname is Eltringham?
    Eltringham is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Eltringham getting more or less common?
    More common. 461 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 553 in 2010, up 20%.