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