How rare is the last name Ely?

12,347 people in the United States have the last name Ely, about 1 in 24,208. It ranks #2,839 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

ELY

#2,839

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
12,347
About
1 in 24,208
This common or more
51.9%
Who bears it

Of the 12,347 people with the last name Ely, 85.3% reported their origin as White, 6.4% as Black and 3.8% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Ely

#2,837 Lusk · 12,361#2,838 Benavidez · 12,357#2,840 Reis · 12,346#2,841 Chisholm · 12,345

Spelled almost the same

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

#7,135 Eley · 4,511#14,748 El · 1,933#16,559 Eli · 1,683#20,561 Ell · 1,305#54,177 Ela · 411#59,374 Elo · 368#90,184 Elly · 220#105,671 Elya · 180

Also a first name

As a first name, Ely ranks #3,728 of 53,615, with 5,426 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2009, with 175 births. See Ely as a first name

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