How rare is the last name Ellington?

10,791 people in the United States have the last name Ellington, about 1 in 27,699. It ranks #3,266 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

last name

ELLINGTON

#3,266

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
10,791
About
1 in 27,699
This common or more
53.6%
Who bears it

Of the 10,791 people with the last name Ellington, 58.7% reported their origin as White, 31.5% as Black and 4.5% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Exactly as common as Ellington

1 other last name also has 10,791 people.

#3,266 Vuong · 10,791

Either side of Ellington

#3,264 Toro · 10,801#3,265 Pedroza · 10,800#3,266 Vuong · 10,791#3,268 Holton · 10,790

Spelled almost the same

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

#6,104 Ellingson · 5,386#36,244 Ellingsen · 665#60,850 Ellingboe · 357

Also a first name

As a first name, Ellington ranks #11,553 of 53,615, with 1,104 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2016, with 124 births. See Ellington as a first name

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