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The ELKE surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 215 81700 0 1
United States (1880 census) 29 63735 0 1
Change since 1880 +186 -17965 +N/A 0
Other Countries
Australia 0 0
United Kingdom 0 0
Top States for ELKE by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Minnesota 65 14627 0.001 13
Illinois 36 43131 0.000 3
Washington 27 29991 0.000 5
California 23 101627 0.000 1
North Dakota 13 9888 0.002 20
Top States for ELKE by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
North Dakota 13 9888 0.002 20
Minnesota 65 14627 0.001 13
Washington 27 29991 0.000 5
Illinois 36 43131 0.000 3
Colorado 7 70816 0.000 2

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called ELKE live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called ELKE represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called ELKE in Minnesota than any other state, but you are more likely to find a ELKE by picking someone at random in North Dakota than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of ELKE

Region of origin: Europe

Country of origin: Germany

Language of origin: German

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the ELKE surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of ELKE in the USA

Classification Total Percent
White (Caucasian) 211 98.14
Asian/Pacific Less than 100 Insignificant
Black/African American None reported 0
Mixed Race Less than 100 Insignificant
Native American/Alaskan None reported 0
White (Hispanic) Less than 100 Insignificant

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the ELKE surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of ELKE in historical publications

Sorry, we don't have any information on the meaning of ELKE.

Similar names to ELKE

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as ELKE.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for ELKE

The following words are slight variants of ELKE that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.