Last Name ELY

Summary/Contribute


Meaning	The son of Elie or Ely. Also, local, 'of Ely,' the capital of the Fen district. Local: From Ely, a city in Cambridgeshire, England, and signifies the place of willows, from 'Helig,' Cornish British and Welsh; Latin, Salix. Greek 'Ealig,' an island; land in waterland.

Origin	English, Jewish, Irish, Falkland, Creole, Belgian

Rank	2,583 (2000 US census)	2,726 (1990 US census)

Count	12,884 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

89.87%, or 11579 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
6.19%, or 798 total occurrences, as black,
0.47%, or 61 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.65%, or 84 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.36%, or 175 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.45%, or 187 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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