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

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

How popular is Elgin?

Elgin is common in United States.

Elgin is ranked 47043 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Elgin bearers increased by 2.256652 per cent in 2010 US census to 3036 since 2000, the surname slipped by 542 spots and ranked at 10555. The last name was found in around 10 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 87.75 90.03
Black 5.9 5.73
Hispanic or Latino 3.23 1.18
Others 1.52 1.35
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.09 1.55
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.53 0.17
Elgin is quite popular family name mostly used in Turkey while Guyana is ahead in terms of density. Around 10186 people have been found who wears Elgin as their family name. Elgin is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
33,253 New Zealand9
11,802 Egypt4
46,068 Philippines3
32,472 Azerbaijan3
184,212 France3
6,270 Hong Kong3
5,298 Botswana2
89,020 Tanzania2
385 American Samoa2
21,529 Singapore2
35,969 Denmark2
134,667 Zimbabwe1
53,033 Nigeria1
9,116 Nicaragua1
1,970 Grenada1
5,467 Haiti1
16,073 Latvia1
4,942 Libya1
10,683 Cyprus1
8,430 Northern Ireland1
24,176 Qatar1
36,814 Romania1
165,773 Belarus1
81,201 Switzerland1
28,365 Kenya1
37,493 Austria1
6,033 Benin1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
20,906 Israel47
95,259 Italy45
268,531 India43
29,383 United Arab Emirates31
124,645 Ukraine30
70,042 Kazakhstan29
28,338 Norway20
5,416 Trinidad and Tobago19
29,856 Kyrgyzstan18
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
6,953 Scotland72
35,569 Netherlands62
1,983 Guyana53
40,132 Australia52
Countries with hundreds of Elgin:
32,199 Russia478
21,535 South Africa274
44,967 Brazil238
32,841 England134
71,225 Germany134
26,200 Canada131
Countries with thousands of Elgin:
2,361 Turkey4,472
9,755 United States3,753
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Elgin Namesakes

  • James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin, Former Governor General of the Province of Canada
  • Mikhail Elgin, Tennis Player
  • Mike Elgin, Football player
  • James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin, Former Governor General of the Province of Canada
  • Mikhail Elgin, Tennis Player
  • Mikhail Elgin, Tennis Player
  • Mikhail Elgin, Tennis Player
  • Duane Elgin, Author
  • James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin, Former Governor General of the Province of Canada
  • Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin, 7th Earl of Elgin
  • Tom Elgin, from 2018 action movie The Joel D. Wynkoop Action Pack, who portrayed the James.

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