Eller Surname
Approximately 30,855 people bear this surname
Eller Surname Definition:
(English) Dweller at an Elder-Tree [Middle English eller, Old English ellern] (Scandinavian) Dweller ¡at an Alder-Tree [O.N, ölr = Old English alr] In the North of England and in Scotland eller generally represents the alder- tree.
judas he japed With Jewen silver, And sithen [then] on an eller Hanged hymselve.
Read More About This SurnameEller Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 18,090 | 1:20,036 | 2,524 |
| Germany | 5,376 | 1:14,975 | 1,960 |
| Brazil | 3,289 | 1:65,088 | 2,425 |
| Austria | 1,573 | 1:5,413 | 625 |
| Russia | 500 | 1:288,246 | 29,770 |
| Estonia | 460 | 1:2,873 | 194 |
| Italy | 174 | 1:351,475 | 41,610 |
| Turkey | 162 | 1:480,379 | 27,654 |
| Switzerland | 157 | 1:52,312 | 6,856 |
| Canada | 154 | 1:239,257 | 22,811 |
| Australia | 134 | 1:201,460 | 19,724 |
| England | 129 | 1:431,923 | 29,000 |
| Hungary | 119 | 1:82,490 | 8,257 |
| Denmark | 65 | 1:86,842 | 8,367 |
| New Zealand | 62 | 1:73,037 | 10,843 |
| Netherlands | 50 | 1:337,744 | 38,500 |
| Sweden | 43 | 1:228,994 | 15,912 |
| Spain | 27 | 1:1,731,557 | 49,506 |
| Ukraine | 25 | 1:1,820,908 | 133,658 |
| Czechia | 24 | 1:443,061 | 48,767 |
| Finland | 23 | 1:238,987 | 19,121 |
| Poland | 18 | 1:2,111,597 | 101,748 |
| Slovakia | 16 | 1:333,528 | 46,365 |
| Belarus | 13 | 1:730,851 | 59,297 |
| Kazakhstan | 12 | 1:1,473,541 | 75,349 |
| Thailand | 12 | 1:5,886,529 | 390,733 |
| Argentina | 12 | 1:3,561,951 | 138,643 |
| Slovenia | 11 | 1:226,152 | 15,984 |
| France | 10 | 1:6,642,272 | 293,169 |
| Chile | 9 | 1:1,957,386 | 29,026 |
| Philippines | 9 | 1:11,248,691 | 221,039 |
| Malaysia | 8 | 1:3,686,778 | 134,908 |
| Scotland | 7 | 1:764,831 | 25,488 |
| Northern Ireland | 7 | 1:263,577 | 11,625 |
| Taiwan | 6 | 1:3,907,458 | 23,065 |
| Mexico | 5 | 1:24,825,241 | 58,251 |
| Belgium | 5 | 1:2,299,329 | 106,824 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 4 | 1:27,594 | 3,273 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Costa Rica | 3 | 1:1,593,356 | 8,177 |
| Wales | 3 | 1:1,031,511 | 34,732 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Ecuador | 3 | 1:5,301,949 | 30,184 |
| Romania | 2 | 1:10,038,935 | 80,612 |
| Croatia | 2 | 1:2,114,302 | 85,143 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Montenegro | 2 | 1:319,782 | 7,691 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Liechtenstein | 1 | 1:38,378 | 1,726 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 89 | 1:273,881 | 19,201 |
| Scotland | 5 | 1:748,643 | 18,576 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2,268 | 1:22,142 | 2,781 |
The alternate forms: Ellér (1) are calculated separately.
Eller (1,387) may also be a first name.
Eller Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(English) Dweller at an Elder-Tree [Middle English eller, Old English ellern] (Scandinavian) Dweller ¡at an Alder-Tree [O.N, ölr = Old English alr] In the North of England and in Scotland eller generally represents the alder- tree.
judas he japed With Jewen silver, And sithen [then] on an eller Hanged hymselve.—Piers Plowman, 593-6.
(German) Dweller at, or near, an elder tree; one who came from Ellen (elbow), the name of three places in Germany, or from Eller, the name of five places in Germany.
From the Danish, Eller; a personal name See Aylward and Elliot.
Eller Demographics
Eller Religious Adherence
in Russia
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Eller Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Eller Come From? nationality or country of origin
Eller (Russian: Эллер) has its highest incidence in The United States. It can also be found as a variant: Ellér. For other potential spellings of Eller click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Eller? popularity and diffusion
Eller is the 17,906th most commonly used surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 236,187 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 67 percent of Eller live; 57 percent live in North America and 57 percent live in Anglo-North America. Eller is also the 210,163rd most commonly held first name throughout the world It is held by 1,387 people.
The last name is most common in The United States, where it is borne by 18,090 people, or 1 in 20,036. In The United States Eller is mostly found in: North Carolina, where 18 percent are found, California, where 6 percent are found and Texas, where 6 percent are found. Beside The United States Eller is found in 68 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 17 percent are found and Brazil, where 11 percent are found.
Eller Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Eller has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Eller last name rose 798 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 145 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it rose 140 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Eller Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Eller surname is chiefly Orthodox (92%) in Russia.
In The United States those holding the Eller last name are 32.19% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 85.42% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Eller earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 4.53% less than the national average, earning $41,196 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.14% more than the national average, earning $54,721 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Eller Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Eller in the Russian language | ||
| Эллер | eller | - |
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Eller Reference & Research
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Footnotes
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