Find out how popular the last name Ellenbogen is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Ellenbogen.

Ellenbogen, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Ellenbogen surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Ellenbogen in America

Ellenbogen is the 49546th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Ellenbogen surname appeared 424 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Ellenbogen.

We can also compare 2010 data for Ellenbogen to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Ellenbogen

The surname "ELLENBOGEN" is of German origin, with its earliest known origins dating back to the 16th century. The name is derived from the German words "ellen" meaning "elbow" and "bogen" meaning "bend" or "bow". This suggests that the name was likely initially a descriptive surname referring to someone with a bent or crooked elbow.

The name is believed to have originated in the German-speaking regions of central Europe, with early records indicating its presence in areas such as Bavaria, Saxony, and the Rhineland. One of the earliest recorded instances of the name can be found in the parish records of the town of Eltville, near Mainz, where a certain Johannes Ellenbogen is mentioned in 1568.

While the name does not appear to have any direct historical references in major historical texts or manuscripts, it is possible that individuals with this surname may have been mentioned in local records or chronicles from various German towns and cities during the 16th and 17th centuries.

One notable bearer of the surname was Johann Ellenbogen (1605-1673), a German Lutheran theologian and philosopher who served as a professor at the University of Wittenberg. Another was Friedrich Ellenbogen (1802-1880), a German politician and lawyer who served as a member of the Prussian House of Representatives.

In the 19th century, the name can be found in various records from German-speaking regions, such as the birth record of Karl Ellenbogen in Berlin in 1856, and the marriage record of Anna Ellenbogen and Johann Stein in Bamberg in 1872.

Other notable individuals with the surname include Gustav Ellenbogen (1879-1947), a German-born American businessman and philanthropist who founded the Ellenbogen Company, a successful textile manufacturing firm in New York City. Additionally, there was Max Ellenbogen (1897-1965), a German-born American architect who designed several notable buildings in New York and New Jersey.

While the surname is predominantly found in Germany and among German-speaking communities, it has also been carried by individuals in other parts of Europe and the Americas, likely due to immigration and diaspora.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Ellenbogen

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Ellenbogen.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Ellenbogen was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Ellenbogen has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Ellenbogen was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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