The Ely surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 13,130 people carried this name — #2,745 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 22,500 people counted. That is up 2% from 12,884 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 296 people named Ely.
14 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 38 départements, most often Finistère.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 286 people named Ely 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 Misiones.
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.
Who carried it
People named Ely,
with a public archive behind them.
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Nathaniel Ely 1716–1799 -
Samuel Ely 1639–1692
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Richard Ely 1656–1698
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Joseph Ely 1663–1755
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John Ely 1679–1758
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Jonathan Ely 1683–1753
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Ely.
- Elsaesser 306 · U.S. census
- Elsass 589 · U.S. census
- Elsen 733 · U.S. census
- Elsensohn 128 · U.S. census
- Elter 267 · U.S. census
- Elvira 856 · U.S. census
- Emanuel 6,517 · U.S. census
- Emanuelli 147 · U.S. census
- Emard 532 · U.S. census
- Emberger 160 · U.S. census
- Embert 138 · U.S. census
- Embry 8,675 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Ely is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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