Popularity of the last name by country

United States

• Massachusetts (32,168)
• California (19,952)
• Virginia (16,247)
• Missouri (14,792)
• New York (12,698)
• North Carolina (11,291)
• Illinois (9,267)
• Pennsylvania (7,921)
• Tennessee (7,752)
• Ohio (6,773)
• Maryland (6,734)
• Indiana (6,098)
• Texas (5,758)
• Kentucky (5,424)
• Colorado (5,382)
• Alabama (5,310)
• Georgia (5,250)
• South Carolina (4,260)
• Michigan (4,177)
• New Jersey (4,169)
• Maine (3,605)
• Connecticut (3,502)
• Mississippi (3,499)
• Iowa (3,339)
• Utah (2,648)
• Kansas (2,632)
• Vermont (2,537)
• New Hampshire (2,362)
• Arkansas (2,327)
• West Virginia (2,028)
• Oklahoma (1,993)
• Wisconsin (1,935)
• Washington (1,904)
• Florida (1,880)
• Louisiana (1,596)
• Minnesota (1,474)
• Idaho (1,349)
• Nebraska (1,337)
• Rhode Island (1,209)
• Oregon (1,133)
• Arizona (908)
• Montana (724)
• South Dakota (585)
• North Dakota (460)
• Wyoming (442)
• Delaware (427)
• New Mexico (425)
• Hawaii (265)
• Nevada (257)
• Alaska (50)

All countries

• United Kingdom (441,270)
• United States (223,709)
• Australia (22,486)
• Ireland (14,870)
• New Zealand (11,283)
• Canada (8,871)
• France (6,082)
• Unknown country (4,167)
• Netherlands (2,486)
• Germany (1,034)
• Belgium (794)
• Italy (719)
• Netherlands Antilles (632)
• South Africa (409)
• India (388)
• Switzerland (375)
• Jamaica (284)
• Sweden (275)
• Denmark (226)
• Colombia (215)
• Mexico (206)
• French Polynesia (197)
• Spain (191)
• Portugal (182)
• Latvia (180)
• Hungary (163)
• Suriname (155)
• Russian Federation (134)
• Greece (122)
• Brazil (110)
• Turkey (109)
• Austria (106)
• Czech republic (101)
• China (94)
• Argentina (92)
• Egypt (78)
• Madagascar (76)
• Poland (76)
• Indonesia (75)
• Peru (72)

Origine of last name

ELLIS : 1: English: from the Middle English personal name Elis an Old French vernacular form of Elias the Latin and New Testament Greek form of Hebrew Eliyahu; see <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Elijah">Elijah</a> and compare <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Elias">Elias</a> <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Lias">Lias</a> <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Ely">Ely</a>. This surname is also common among African Americans.2: English: possibly in some instances from the Middle English female personal name Elice a pet form of <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Elizabeth">Elizabeth</a>.3: Welsh: from Elis a shortened form of the Welsh personal name Elisse (earlier Elisedd a derivative of elus ‘kindly benevolent’). As usual in Welsh the stress in Elisse is on the penultimate syllable -li- which shifts to initial El- when the name is shortened to Elis. It later became confused with Ellis in 1 above.4: Americanized form of some original Jewish (Ashkenazic) surname (most likely based on Yiddish form of the Biblical personal name Elijah).