Elder is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Elder
No. of characters: 5
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Elder

How popular is Elder?

Elder is common in United States.

Elder is ranked 8530 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Elder bearers increased by 3.519439 per cent in 2010 US census to 29796 since 2000, the surname slipped by 68 spots and ranked at 1186. The last name was found in around 101 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 79.15 80.67
Black 15.72 15.68
Hispanic or Latino 2.38 1.36
Others 1.83 1.48
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.52 0.38
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4 0.44
Elder is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Fiji is ahead in terms of density. Around 63304 people have been found who wears Elder as their family name. Elder is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
83,734 Belarus9
82,942 Zimbabwe8
1,031 South Korea8
7,646 Japan7
2,022 Haiti4
8,411 Costa Rica4
70,383 Tanzania3
1,879 Honduras3
4,915 Panama3
661,536 Indonesia3
9,500 Ghana3
32,472 Azerbaijan3
35,184 Poland3
6,779 Nicaragua3
127,708 Czech Republic3
37,372 Georgia2
20,837 Venezuela2
14,408 Uruguay2
8,995 Uganda2
1,389 Barbados2
54,135 Philippines2
2,168 Suriname2
10,284 Kuwait2
6,103 Cyprus2
144,523 Kazakhstan2
1,777 Jersey2
1,143 French Polynesia2
34,572 Israel2
1,118 Isle of Man2
31,767 Greece2
1,848 Madagascar2
2,794 El Salvador2
35,969 Denmark2
12,844 Pakistan2
7,847 Albania1
15,705 Cameroon1
8,859 Iraq1
6,820 Angola1
7,110 Bosnia1
23,434 Burkina Faso1
2,505 Congo1
1,486 Northern Mariana Islands1
8,181 Botswana1
19,810 Croatia1
2,877 Cuba1
13,606 Senegal1
16,228 Bulgaria1
90,903 Moldova1
7,198 Maldives1
1,254 Gibraltar1
24,176 Qatar1
696 Saint Kitts and Nevis1
116 Saint Pierre and Miquelon1
3,275 Nepal1
1,433 Sierra Leone1
5,872 Namibia1
5,916 Mozambique1
1,819 Laos1
77,122 Sweden1
6,033 Benin1
10,958 Bangladesh1
7,790 Zambia1
9,926 Ivory Coast1
1,176 Antigua and Barbuda1
9,498 Iceland1
2,374 Bermuda1
8,828 Puerto Rico1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
41,360 Netherlands49
4,813 Hong Kong47
15,525 Norway46
95,259 Italy45
23,537 Switzerland45
268,531 India43
46,962 Spain42
102,186 Ukraine40
37,591 Belgium37
9,524 Portugal37
4,647 Thailand21
2,413 China18
606 Guernsey18
4,912 Guyana14
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
3,804 Ireland98
126,983 Russia85
4,216 Singapore77
14,717 Chile54
Countries with hundreds of Elder:
903 New Zealand776
10,002 South Africa639
2,540 Guatemala492
701 Northern Ireland465
28,238 Germany370
341 Fiji316
13,426 Kenya314
2,659 Bolivia292
14,022 Mexico288
768 Trinidad and Tobago276
8,230 Peru242
4,084 Ecuador230
25,062 Argentina209
7,115 Colombia175
2,337 Wales169
61,459 France159
18,956 Saudi Arabia154
7,063 United Arab Emirates138
15,665 Malaysia101
Countries with thousands of Elder:
4,498 Nigeria5,349
2,976 Brazil4,833
2,117 England3,786
1,703 Canada3,007
1,564 Australia2,048
473 Scotland1,825
Countries with ten thousands of Elder:
1,057 United States35,697
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Workman George Elder from Ireland aboard the Harrisburg from Belfast during the Irish famine. He is registered to be 21 years old when he arrived in USA on December 11, 1848. Spinster Mary Elder, Workman John Elder, John Elder, aged 20, Daniel Elder (20) Workman, Mechanic John Elder, 26 years old George Elder, Workman Thomas Elder, Jane Elder, aged 45, and 13 other Elder around 58.82% of whom were workman while others worked as servant migrated to US.

Elder Namesakes

  • Wesley Elder played central character of Fry Crenshaw in 2016 comedy flick On the Air.
  • Duncan Elder, from 2012 comedy and drama flick Saudade?, who played the Seth.
  • In 0, Brian Elder played the role of Tristan in comedy and drama flick Lasting Moments.

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