How common is the surname Ezell?

11,121 people in the United States had the surname Ezell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 27,762 Americans. It ranked 3,247th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Ezell?

Mike Ezell, American politician (born 1959).

Where is the surname Ezell most common?

Wikidata records people named Ezell in the United States.

Is the surname Ezell getting more or less common?

More common. 10,926 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,121 in 2010, up 1.8%.

The surname Ezell

A surname, carried by 11,121 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex E240

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ezell is more common than 98% of them.

Origin

Unexplained.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 11,121 people named Ezell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 27,762 Americans. That is up 1.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 10,926.

#3,247

rank among US surnames

11,121

people in 2010

3.8

per 100,000 Americans

+1.8%

change since 2000 (was #3,042)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,238	Moe	11,150	27,690
#3,239	Herzog	11,146	27,700
#3,240	Kiefer	11,141	27,713
#3,241	Ayres	11,139	27,718
#3,243	Amin	11,137	27,723
#3,244	Warden	11,135	27,727
#3,245	Muir	11,130	27,740

Who is named Ezell

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

69% of people named Ezell identified as white (not Hispanic), 27% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 69%
Black (not Hispanic) 27%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
Two or more races 1.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Ezells

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Mike Ezell
American politician (born 1959)

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Ezelle

Surnames that sound like Ezell

Ezzell

Ezell has the Soundex code E240, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code E240.

Questions

Where does the surname Ezell come from?: Unexplained.
How common is the surname Ezell?: 11,121 people in the United States had the surname Ezell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 27,762 Americans. It ranked 3,247th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Ezell?: In the 2010 Census, 69% of people named Ezell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 27% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Ezell?: Mike Ezell, American politician (born 1959).
Where is the surname Ezell most common?: Wikidata records people named Ezell in the United States.
Is the surname Ezell getting more or less common?: More common. 10,926 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,121 in 2010, up 1.8%.
What are other spellings of Ezell?: Ezelle.