Elb

surname · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

Elb is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Morocco than in any other country. Recorded meaning: barley.

rarermore common
  • MAMorocco≈1 in 36K(inferred from the name graph)
  • BEBelgium≈1 in 43K
  • SESweden1 in 59K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Morocco (inferred from the name graph)

≈980 people, est.

Sources
41 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 36K (inferred from the name graph)

Morocco, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

barley

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Where in the world(measured from records)

Elb counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Elb is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
MA Morocco≈980 est.≈1 in 36K—Elb8
BE Belgium≈270 est.≈1 in 43K—Elb9
FR France≈240 est.≈1 in 286K—Elb1
SE Sweden1741 in 59K174Elb17
DE Germany≈120 est.≈1 in 690K—Elb26
NL Netherlands≈76 est.≈1 in 227K—Elb5
EE Estonia≈9 est.≈1 in 140K7——

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); Statistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Elb is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Arabic surname6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Morocco, Belgium, Egypt, Netherlands

    Also written El-B, Êlb, Él-B, Êl'B, El'B

  • French surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Belgium, Morocco

    Also written El-B, Êľb

  • Albanian surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Albania

    Also written Èlb, Ĕlb, Ĕĺb

  • Indonesian name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Êlb

27 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

  • Anna Bormannb. 1877CZnot in their usual nameHolocaust victim (born 1877)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 5 sources across 3 countries.

Official registers attesting Elb
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
SE SwedenSkatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)—174#4,678
EE EstoniaStatistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed)—7#14,106
EE EstoniaStatistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed)—7#13,677

Reference works 1

  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Elb mean, and where does it come from?
barley Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
In which country does Elb have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 975 people named Elb in Morocco, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled elb.
How common is the name Elb?
In Sweden, the national register counted 174 people named Elb, about 1 in 59 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Elb”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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