Elmendorff Surname

2,876,555th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 46 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Elmendorff Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Elmendorff Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany311:2,596,950129,424
United States101:36,245,893832,629
England11:55,718,059489,080
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Elmendorff Last Name Facts

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

The surname Elmendorff is most common in Germany. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Elmendorff? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,876,555th most commonly occurring family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 158,424,911 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 76 percent of Elmendorff live; 70 percent live in Western Europe and 67 percent live in Germanic Europe.

It is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is carried by 31 people, or 1 in 2,596,950. In Germany it is primarily found in: Saxony-Anhalt, where 35 percent reside, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 32 percent reside and Baden-Württemberg, where 16 percent reside. Besides Germany this surname exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 22 percent reside and England, where 2 percent reside.

Elmendorff Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Elmendorff has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Elmendorff last name grew 500 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Elmendorff Last Name Statistics demography

Elmendorff earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 46.59% more than the national average, earning $63,250 USD 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 Elmendorff
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