The Elena surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 553 people carried this name — #39,717 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 526,300 people counted. That is up 30% from 427 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Elena surname
A surname originating as a matronymic.
From Ancient Greek Ἑλένη (Helénē).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Elena» (Italian), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 1,201 people named Elena live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 136 people named Elena.
24 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 11 départements, most often Alpes-Maritimes.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
Who carried it
People named Elena,
with a public archive behind them.
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Giuseppe Elena 1801–1867 · poet -
Domenico Elena 1811–1879 · politician -
Domenico Elena 1811–1879 · politician
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Bernardo Elena 1801–1900 · naturalist
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Carlos Elena 1895– · painter
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Raymond Elena 1931–2024 · sport cyclist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Elena.
- Eisenmann 1,025 · U.S. census
- Eitel 1,509 · U.S. census
- Elan 277 · U.S. census
- Elbaz 483 · U.S. census
- Elbert 3,339 · U.S. census
- Eldin 123 · U.S. census
- Elgart 380 · U.S. census
- Elia 3,460 · U.S. census
- Elias 24,696 · U.S. census
- Elie 2,767 · U.S. census
- Elien 230 · U.S. census
- Eliezer 165 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Elena is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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