Ellam
surname · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Ellam is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United Kingdom. Recorded meaning: Main GB Location (1881): WR Yorks. locative name from Elam Grange in Bingley (WR Yorks).
- GBUnited Kingdom
- USUnited States
- AUAustralia
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
- Elam Grangein(measured from records)
- Elhamin(measured from records)
Main GB Location (1881): WR Yorks. locative name from Elam Grange in Bingley (WR Yorks). It is possible that some instances of the modern surname are from Elham in Kent or a lost place called Elham in Crayford (Kent), although the strong association with WR Yorks militates against this.
Sources 1
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
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Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Ellam is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In sga, quick, prompt, speedy; soon, readily
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Roy Ellamb. 1886USAmerican baseball player
- Johan Ellamb. 1899EEEstonian Soviet politician (1899-1942)
- Roy Ellamb. 1943GBfootballer (born 1943)
- Robert M Ellamb. 1962GBresearcher (ORCID 0000-0001-8159-4864)
- Samantha Lee EllamGBresearcher
- Thomas EllamEnglish Member of Parliament
- Samantha L EllamGBresearcher
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 13 sources across 4 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 186 | #97,671 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 183 | #93,006 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 180 | #105,671 |
| IN India | Instate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls | — | 35 | #44,801 |
| IN India | Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls | — | 34 | #57,100 |
| EE Estonia | Statistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed) | — | 26 | #4,124 |
| EE Estonia | Statistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed) | — | 22 | #5,111 |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 6 | #89,778 |
| IN India | Instate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls | — | 3 | #282,211 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 3
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- 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 Ellam mean, and where does it come from?
- Main GB Location (1881): WR Yorks. locative name from Elam Grange in Bingley (WR Yorks). Recorded by The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland.
- In which country does Ellam have the most bearers?
- Ellam is most frequently recorded in the United Kingdom.
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About this data
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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.
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Ellam”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.