How Many People Have the Last Name Ellis?
people had the surname Ellis in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 1,561 people in the Census had this surname
Source: Census Bureau surname list
Surname Rank
Of 162,253 surnames
Per 100,000 People
In 2010
Largest Group
White
Change Since 2000
+7,034 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname Ellis (70.4%) are non-Hispanic White. The next largest group, 23.5%, are non-Hispanic Black. Among surnames where most people are non-Hispanic White, Ellis ranks #92. From 2000 to 2010, the non-Hispanic White share fell from 72.8% to 70.4%.
📈 Change Since 2000
Ellis grew from 181,934 people in 2000 to 188,968 in 2010 (up 3.9%), and its rank fell from #121 to #131. The population grew faster, so its share still fell, from 67.44 to 64.06 people per 100,000.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 181,934 | 188,968 |
| Rank | #121 | #131 |
| Per 100,000 people | 67.44 | 64.06 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Ellis
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Ellis: E420
👤 Ellis as a First Name
Ellis is a first name too: about 35,253 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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