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elrod Name Meaning and History

Altered spelling of North German Ellrott, Ellrodt, perhaps a habitational name from Ellierode near Northeim, Lower Saxony, either of two places in Hesse named Ellingerode, or two lost places so named. In the U.S. this name is very frequent in GA, TN, and TX.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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The elrod name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the elrod family name as far back in history as possible.

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Distribution of elrod Families in the US in 1920
Number of elrod families
 114-226
 39-113		 1-38
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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