Elker is used as a family name or surname in Ireland, Scotland. It is 5 characters long in length.
Surname Elker is a form of the Elshender. A northern corruption of Alexander.
Surname is form of Alschunder. Supposed to be a corruption of Alexander, which in Scotland is, in common parlance, pronounced Elshiner.
Elker is a variant of Alexander. Descandant of Alexander that means helper of mankind.
The Elker is a variation of McAllister. The son of Allister or Alistair, Scotch forms of Alexander meaning "helper of mankind".
Variation of Alexander. The personal name. In the Hundred Rolls it is variously written, as Alexandre, fil' Alex, Alexandri, &c. A common name itself, it has become, by the abbreviating process, the parent of others still more so. From its last two syllables we have Sander, Sanders, Sanderson, Saunder, Saunders, Saunderson, Sandie , Sandison, Sandercock; from its first two syllables we get in like manner, Alex, Allix, Alley, and Alken; and besides these forms we have the corruptions Elshender, Elshie, and probably Assender.
Elker is a variant form of Alister. Celtic form of Alexander.
How popular is Elker?
As per 2010 US census, number of Elkers plummeted by 29.19 per cent to 114 since 2000 and slipped by 42027 spots and ranked at 145220. The last name was found in merely 4 per ten million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.
| Race | 2010 | 2000 |
|---|---|---|
| White | 92.98 | 96.27 |
Immigrants to US
From Germany
Pot maker G.Elisabeth Elker from See Saxony Weimar Eisenach (199) aboard the Richard Anderson from Bremen. She is registered to be 30 years old when she arrived in USA on August 12, 1852. Johann Elker (6), Lemen Elker (35) Pot maker, Maria-Rosina Elker, 23 years old Catharine Elker, Magd. Elker, aged 28, Tinsmith Julius Elker, August Elker (22) Parson, Adam Elker (33) Joiner, and 18 other Elker majority of whom were pot maker and others worked as servant migrated to US from Bremen, Bremen & Southampton, Hamburg and Rotterdam.