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    The surname Elzey

    A surname, carried by 1,391 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex E420

    Elzey: #19,425 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Elzey #19,425, 1,391 people Elzey: #19,425 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Elzey #19,425, 1,391 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Elzey is more common than 88% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,391 people named Elzey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 221,959 Americans. That is up 2.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,353.

    #19,425
    rank among US surnames
    1,391
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.8%
    change since 2000 (was #18,748)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #19,416Jeanjacques1,392221,800
    #19,425Akram1,391221,959

    Who is named Elzey

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

    75% of people named Elzey identified as white (not Hispanic), 19% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.1% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 75%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 19%
    • Two or more races 3.1%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Elzey

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname Elzey?
    1,391 people in the United States had the surname Elzey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 221,959 Americans. It ranked 19,425th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Elzey?
    In the 2010 Census, 75% of people named Elzey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 19% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Elzey getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,353 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,391 in 2010, up 2.8%.