Eldon is used as a family name or surname in many languages. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Eldon
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Unknown
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Eldon

How popular is Eldon?

Eldon is ranked 220171 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Eldons plummeted by 5.900621 per cent to 303 since 2000 and slipped by 6575 spots and ranked at 65424. The last name was found in around 1 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 88.12 89.75
Black 5.61 5.28
Hispanic or Latino 3.3 2.48
Others 1.98 1.86
Eldon is not so popular last name but still a prevalent family name common in United States. On the other hand, it is more oftenly used in The Bahamas. Around 1516 people have been found who wears Eldon as their family name. Eldon is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
3,712 Iceland10
1,014,159 India4
661,536 Indonesia3
90,215 Germany3
89,020 Tanzania2
19,046 Ireland2
40,064 Nigeria2
16,640 Hong Kong1
151,601 Spain1
846 American Samoa1
120,357 Argentina1
28,365 Kenya1
56,169 Mexico1
118,015 Netherlands1
4,999 Papua New Guinea1
277,603 France1
25,746 Finland1
18,969 Wales1
7,790 Zambia1
17,768 Pakistan1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
45,070 Australia45
26,164 Sweden36
15,412 Denmark34
18,457 Scotland20
24,534 New Zealand17
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
83,365 Brazil95
Countries with hundreds of Eldon:
49,047 United States544
16,723 England333
26,200 Canada131
365 The Bahamas112
43,624 South Africa110
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

George Eldon worked as farmer and hailed from Ireland. During the great famine, 58 years old embarked for USA from Liverpool on Silas Greenman and arrived on June 5, 1850.

Eldon Namesakes

  • Nathan Eldon Tanner, Politician
  • Lewis Eldon Atherton, Author
  • Dan Eldon, Artist
  • John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon, Former Lord Chancellor
  • John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon, Former Lord Chancellor
  • John Eldon Gorst, British Politician
  • John Eldon Gorst, British Politician
  • Dan Eldon, Artist
  • Kevin Eldon, Actor
  • Austin Eldon Knowlton, Architect
  • Victoria Eldon, from 2011 sci-fi movie The Dreamer, who characterized Casey Stevens.

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