How rare is the last name Elam?

13,441 people in the United States have the last name Elam, about 1 in 22,238. It ranks #2,623 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

ELAM

#2,623

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
13,441
About
1 in 22,238
This common or more
51%
Who bears it

Of the 13,441 people with the last name Elam, 64.8% reported their origin as White, 26.3% as Black and 4.6% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Elam

#2,621 Mackenzie · 13,446#2,622 Mcclelland · 13,444#2,624 Vick · 13,437#2,625 Soria · 13,436

Spelled almost the same

8 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Elam, most common first.

#25,404 Elm · 1,020#49,914 Elem · 454#74,428 Elan · 280#81,311 Eleam · 251#105,671 Ellam · 180#130,360 Elom · 136#131,805 Elum · 134#150,935 Elim · 108

Also a first name

As a first name, Elam ranks #7,683 of 53,615, with 1,961 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2015, with 144 births. See Elam as a first name

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