Elphingstone Surname

2,555,468th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 57 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Elphingstone Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Elphingstone Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States561:6,472,481306,764
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland31:1,247,73924,719
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States131:3,862,976168,604

Elphingstone Last Name Facts

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

Elphingstone is borne by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Elphingstone? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,555,468th most frequently occurring surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 127,851,683 people. This surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 77 percent of Elphingstone reside; 77 percent reside in North America and 77 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The last name Elphingstone is most frequently used in The United States, where it is held by 56 people, or 1 in 6,472,481. In The United States it is most common in: Georgia, where 27 percent are found, Arkansas, where 21 percent are found and Missouri, where 11 percent are found. Excluding The United States this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Australia, where 2 percent are found.

Elphingstone Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Elphingstone has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Elphingstone last name rose 431 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Elphingstone Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Elphingstone surname are 0.62% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 53.85% being registered to vote for the political party.

Elphingstone earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 34.55% more than the national average, earning $58,056 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Elphingston965/
Elvingston820/
Yelvingston781/
Elvingstoun780/

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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 Elphingstone
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