Surname Checker / Ellison
How Common Is the Last Name Ellison?
Estimated U.S. bearers of the surname Ellison today
47,419
Ranked #809 of 162,254 published surnames · 14.52 per 100,000 Americans (2010 Census) · 42,827 bearers counted in 2010, scaled to today's population.
Ancestry breakdown reported in the 2010 Census
White
65.84%
Black
28.32%
Asian / Pacific Islander
0.59%
Hispanic
2.4%
Percentages are the Census Bureau's published figures for surname bearers in 2010. Figures are estimates from public records — see the methodology page.