Explore the Family Name Elsea

The meaning of Elsea

Probably an altered form of English Elsey or German Else.

Dictionary of American Family Names, 2nd edition, © Oxford University Press, 2022.

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

Based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Elsea saw a slight shift in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, Elsea was ranked 19,840th most popular surname, but by 2010 it had dropped to 20,709th, showing a decrease of 4.38%. However, the number of people carrying the Elsea surname increased slightly over this decade, with a count of 1,254 in 2000 growing to 1,277 in 2010, marking an increase of 1.83%. Despite this growth, the proportion of people with the name Elsea per 100,000 population decreased by 6.52% over the same time period.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#19,840	#20,709	-4.38%
Count	1,254	1,277	1.83%
Proportion per 100k	0.46	0.43	-6.52%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Elsea

The ethnicity associated with the surname Elsea also experienced changes between 2000 and 2010, according to data from the Decennial U.S. Census. While the majority identified as White (96.81% in 2000 and 95.93% in 2010), there were some shifts among other ethnic identities. The percentage of those identifying as Hispanic decreased from 1.83% to 1.57%, while those identifying as two or more races decreased from 0.56% to 0.39%. Additionally, there was a rise in those identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, and American Indian and Alaskan Native, although the exact numbers from 2000 are suppressed for privacy reasons. By 2010, these groups made up 0.70%, 0.63%, and 0.78% of the Elsea surname holders respectively.

	2000	2010	Change
White	96.81%	95.93%	-0.91%
Hispanic	1.83%	1.57%	-14.21%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0.78%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0.7%	0%
Black	0%	0.63%	0%
Two or More Races	0.56%	0.39%	-30.36%