15,233 Global Eller Family Members

Eller Family History

Recorded in the spellings of Ellar, Eller and Ellor, and 'related' to the locational surnames Ellerby, Ellerker, Ellershaw, Ellerton, Ellerey, and others, this is both a German and Northern English, and specifically Yorkshire, surname of unusual and uncertain origins. It was probably introduced into England, but as a word only by the Anglo-Saxon settlers after the 5th century a.d., whether it was re-introduced by German engineers responsible for the draining of the Vale of York in the 15th century is open to conjecture.