Surname Checker / Ellis
How Common Is the Last Name Ellis?
Estimated U.S. bearers of the surname Ellis today
209,230
Ranked #131 of 162,254 published surnames · 64.06 per 100,000 Americans (2010 Census) · 188,968 bearers counted in 2010, scaled to today's population.
Ancestry breakdown reported in the 2010 Census
White
70.36%
Black
23.47%
Asian / Pacific Islander
0.54%
Hispanic
2.73%
Percentages are the Census Bureau's published figures for surname bearers in 2010. Figures are estimates from public records — see the methodology page.