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    The surname Jelen

    A surname, carried by 597 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex J450

    Jelen: #37,341 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Jelen #37,341, 597 people Jelen: #37,341 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Jelen #37,341, 597 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Jelen is more common than 77% of them.

    Origin

    From a Slavic word meaning deer, like Czech jelen, Slovene jelen, Serbo-Croatian jelen, Polish jeleń or Slovak jeleň.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 597 people named Jelen in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 517,162 Americans. That is up 1.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 588.

    #37,341
    rank among US surnames
    597
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.5%
    change since 2000 (was #36,045)

    Who is named Jelen

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

    96% of people named Jelen identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Jelen

    Jelen has the Soundex code J450, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code J450.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Jelen come from?
    From a Slavic word meaning deer, like Czech jelen, Slovene jelen, Serbo-Croatian jelen, Polish jeleń or Slovak jeleň.
    How common is the surname Jelen?
    597 people in the United States had the surname Jelen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 517,162 Americans. It ranked 37,341st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Jelen?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Jelen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Jelen getting more or less common?
    More common. 588 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 597 in 2010, up 1.5%.