Explore the Family Name Ezzell

The meaning of Ezzell

Variant of Ezell.

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

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

According to the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Ezzell has seen some fluctuations in the early 21st century. In 2000, the rank of the Ezzell name was 12,558, but by 2010, it had slipped to 13,271, marking a minor decrease of 5.68%. Despite this slight drop in ranking, the total count of individuals with the Ezzell surname actually increased from 2,263 in 2000 to 2,298 in 2010, showing a growth of 1.55%. However, when considering the proportion per 100k people, there was a decline of 7.14% over the decade.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#12,558	#13,271	-5.68%
Count	2,263	2,298	1.55%
Proportion per 100k	0.84	0.78	-7.14%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Ezzell

The ethnic identity associated with the Ezzell surname also underwent changes between 2000 and 2010, as evidenced by data from the Decennial U.S. Census. Predominantly, the Ezzell family is associated with White ethnicity, which made up 93.90% of the Ezzells in 2000, dropping slightly to 91.69% in 2010. The second most common ethnicity within the Ezzell clan was Black, constituting 3.76% in 2000 and then slightly decreasing to 3.31% in 2010. Meanwhile, the percentage of Ezzells identifying as Hispanic saw an increase from 0.88% to 1.52%. Notably, the group identifying as two or more races rose significantly from 0.88% to 2.35%. In 2010, there were also small percentages of Ezzells who identified as Asian/Pacific Islander and American Indian and Alaskan Native, which were not present in the 2000 data.

	2000	2010	Change
White	93.9%	91.69%	-2.35%
Black	3.76%	3.31%	-11.97%
Two or More Races	0.88%	2.35%	167.05%
Hispanic	0.88%	1.52%	72.73%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0.61%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0.52%	0%