Elwood

Elwood is the 6,778th most common surname in the United States, shared by 4,781 people at the 2020 census. That is about one person in 62,500.

By the numbers

People: 4,781
Rank: 6,778th
How common: 1 in 62,500
Per 100,000: 1.6

Where the name comes from

Origin a given name

From the Middle English personal name Elwald, Elwold, Alwold, which is composed of the Old English elements ælf (“elf”) and weald (“rule”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Who bears the name

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

White, not Hispanic 88.2%
Hispanic or Latino 4.8%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 3.3%
Black, not Hispanic 1.9%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 1.0%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 0.8%

Surnames like Elwood

Elwell

Also a first name

Elwood has been given to 20,839 American babies as a first name since 1880, peaking in 1921. 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.