Ellenberger Surname

91,986th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,199 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Switzerland

Ellenberger Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ellenberger Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,8841:125,67913,346
Germany1,1441:70,3728,968
Switzerland7731:10,6251,743
Canada1321:279,13326,131
South Africa621:873,83457,209
Hungary411:239,42119,309
Argentina351:1,221,24071,984
Brazil291:7,381,874170,034
Australia231:1,173,72664,589
Netherlands201:844,35960,801
France171:3,907,219231,005
England151:3,714,537119,675
Norway51:1,028,45761,363
Mali41:4,242,2592,433
New Zealand21:2,264,16249,210
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Seychelles11:92,3931,532
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Liechtenstein11:38,3781,726
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England131:1,875,02858,113
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4241:118,44011,598

Ellenberger Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ellenberger occurs more in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Ellenberger? popularity and diffusion

The surname Ellenberger is the 91,986th most widely held family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 1,401,721 people. The surname Ellenberger occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 55 percent of Ellenberger live; 54 percent live in North America and 54 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most numerous in The United States, where it is borne by 2,884 people, or 1 in 125,679. In The United States it is most frequent in: Pennsylvania, where 24 percent live, Maryland, where 8 percent live and Indiana, where 7 percent live. Apart from The United States this surname occurs in 25 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 22 percent live and Switzerland, where 15 percent live.

Ellenberger Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Ellenberger has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Ellenberger surname rose 680 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 115 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Ellenberger Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Ellenberger are 23.83% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 70.6% registered with the political party.

The amount Ellenberger earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 38.41% more than the national average, earning R 328,920 per year; in United States they earn 3.77% more than the national average, earning $44,775 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.36% less than the national average, earning $49,504 CAD per year.

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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 Ellenberger
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