Last Name ELIAS

Summary/Contribute


Meaning	Signifies Lord God.

Origin	Hebrew, Jewish, Arabic, Spanish, Dutch, Greek, Czech, Filipino, Irish, Slovakian, Croatian, Lebanese, Haitian, Portuguese, Belgian, Zimbabwean, Nigerian, Hungarian

Rank	1,694 (2000 US census)	2,074 (1990 US census)

Count	19,394 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

47.48%, or 9208 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
3.81%, or 739 total occurrences, as black,
1.09%, or 211 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.36%, or 70 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
2.06%, or 400 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
45.21%, or 8768 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

How many distinct last names exist in the United States of America?

How does one estimate/guess that number? The first source that comes to mind is the result of the latest available census. We know that 2000 year census presents us with a little over 150,000 unique surnames. The least po...

English surnames

English surnames can be divided into five classes: Baptisimal or Personal (first) names, local, official, and occupative surnames. Nicknames represent the last class. Practically there are only four classes, for it is often hard ti distinguish between occupation and offic...

Longest baby names

The longest first name, consisting of 12 characters, from the baby names reported since the year 1880 in the United States is Francisquita.

There are three names consisting of 11 characters: Christopher, Margueritta, and Margueritte