Explore the Family Name Elion

The meaning of Elion

1. Jewish (from Lithuania and Latvia): artificial name from Hebrew elyon ‘supreme’. It may also be an altered form of Aelion, a Sephardic surname known in the Ottoman Empire and Italy, from the same Hebrew word. 2. French: from a pet form of the personal name Élie (see Elias). 3. English (London): of Norman origin, a variant of Hellen.

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How common is the last name Elion in the United States?

Based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Elion has seen a minor decline between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, Elion was ranked 71,143rd in popularity with a count of 256 individuals bearing the name. By 2010, its rank had fallen to 75,799, representing a change of -6.54%. The actual count of people named Elion slightly decreased to 254, marking a decrease of -0.78%. The proportion of individuals with this surname per 100,000 people remained constant at 0.09.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#71,143	#75,799	-6.54%
Count	256	254	-0.78%
Proportion per 100k	0.09	0.09	0%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Elion

Analyzing data from the Decennial U.S. Census for the ethnicity associated with the Elion surname, it shows that most of the bearers identify as Black, which grew from 62.89% in 2000 to 67.32% in 2010. Those identifying as White made up 30.86% in 2000 and dropped to 27.95% in 2010. Individuals who identified with two or more races decreased significantly from 4.69% in 2000 to 2.36% in 2010. New to the ethnicity table in 2010 were those identifying as Hispanic, making up 2.36% of the Elions. There were no individuals who identified as Asian/Pacific Islander or American Indian and Alaskan Native in either year.

	2000	2010	Change
Black	62.89%	67.32%	7.04%
White	30.86%	27.95%	-9.43%
Two or More Races	4.69%	2.36%	-49.68%
Hispanic	0%	2.36%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%