Explore the Family Name Ersland

The meaning of Ersland

Norwegian: habitational name from a farmstead in western Norway, so named from the personal name Eirik, from Old Norse Eiríkr (see Eric 1), + land ‘(piece of) land, farm’.

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

Based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Ersland experienced a slight decrease in popularity from 2000 to 2010. In 2000, the name was ranked 65,298th and by 2010 it had fallen to 69,392nd, representing a decline of 6.27%. The actual count of individuals with the Ersland surname also decreased marginally, with 284 people recorded in 2000 and just one less at 283 in 2010. This represents a change of -0.35%. Furthermore, the proportion of those with the surname per 100k population decreased by 9.09% during this period, from 0.11 to 0.1.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#65,298	#69,392	-6.27%
Count	284	283	-0.35%
Proportion per 100k	0.11	0.1	-9.09%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Ersland

When considering ethnicity based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the majority of individuals with the Ersland surname identify as White. In 2000, this group constituted 92.61% of all Erslands, increasing slightly to 94.35% in 2010. There was a noticeable absence of individuals identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander or Black in both years. The percentage of those identifying as Hispanic dropped by almost 25%, from 2.82% in 2000 to 2.12% in 2010. Interestingly, those identifying as two or more races and American Indian and Alaskan Native were present in 2000, each making up 1.76% of Erslands, but these groups were not represented in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
White	92.61%	94.35%	1.88%
Hispanic	2.82%	2.12%	-24.82%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	1.76%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	1.76%	0%	0%