Elam

Elam is the 2,623rd most common surname in the United States, shared by 13,441 people at the 2020 census. That is about one person in 22,200.

By the numbers

People: 13,441
Rank: 2,623rd
How common: 1 in 22,200
Per 100,000: 4.5

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Elam described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

White, not Hispanic 64.8%
Black, not Hispanic 26.3%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 4.6%
Hispanic or Latino 3.0%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.8%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 0.6%

Notable people called Elam

Jack Elam (1920–2003)American actor

People named Elam with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Also a first name

Elam has been given to 2,940 American babies as a first name since 1880, peaking in 2015. See it as a given name.

Try it on yourself

Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.