Elkind

surname · Latin script

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

/ˈɛɫkɪnd/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Elkind is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Variant spelling of Elkin.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 927K(measured from records)
  • RURussia≈1 in 799Kas Элькинд
  • ILIsrael≈1 in 177K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Elkind itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

359 people, 2010

2 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
186 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 177K (inferred from the name graph)

Israel, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

ElkindLatin(measured from records)
ЭлькиндCyrillic(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Элькинд in RU Russia.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Variant spelling of Elkin.

Sources 1

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Elkind 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 Elkind is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States3591 in 927K452Elkind186
KE Kenya≈180 est.≈1 in 292K—Elkind1
RU Russia≈180 est.≈1 in 799K—Элькинд87
GB United Kingdom≈98 est.≈1 in 674K—Elkind28
CA Canada≈82 est.≈1 in 462K—Elkind39
IL Israel≈49 est.≈1 in 177K—Elkind15
NZ New Zealand≈18 est.≈1 in 273K—Elkind3
EE Estonia≈4 est.≈1 in 351K7Elkind5

359 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. 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: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; 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)

Elkind is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Elḳind

  • Hebrew surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Israel, Russia, Ukraine, United States

    Also written אלקינד

31 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)

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).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Elkind,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 10 sources across 3 countries.

Official registers attesting Elkind
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000452#44,738
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020425#52,687
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010359#56,836
EE EstoniaStatistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed)—7#14,106
EE EstoniaStatistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed)—5#16,294
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 2

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 Elkind mean, and where does it come from?
Variant spelling of Elkin. Recorded by Wiktionary.
How do you pronounce Elkind?
A machine transcription gives /ˈɛɫkɪnd/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Elkind have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 359 people named Elkind, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled elkind.
How common is the name Elkind?
In the United States, the national register counted 359 people named Elkind in 2010, about 1 in 927 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, “Elkind”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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