Elleanor Surname

5,213,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Elleanor Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Elleanor Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England121:4,643,172139,951
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England71:3,482,19689,582

Elleanor (511) may also be a first name.

Elleanor Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Elleanor Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Elleanor is most common in England. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Elleanor? popularity and diffusion

Elleanor is the 5,213,395th most prevalent surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. The last name Elleanor is predominantly found in Europe, where 86 percent of Elleanor are found; 86 percent are found in Northern Europe and 86 percent are found in British Isles. Elleanor is also the 374,142nd most widely held first name on earth. It is borne by 511 people.

It is most numerous in England, where it is borne by 12 people, or 1 in 4,643,172. In England it is most prevalent in: Durham, where 100 percent are found. Besides England it is found in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 14 percent are found.

Elleanor Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Elleanor has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Elleanor last name increased 171 percent between 1881 and 2014.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Elleanor
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