How common is the surname Earhart?

3,882 people in the United States had the surname Earhart in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 79,533 Americans. It ranked 8,490th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Earhart?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Earhart identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Earhart?

Amelia Earhart, American aviation pioneer and author (1897–1939).

Where is the surname Earhart most common?

Wikidata records people named Earhart in the United States.

How do you pronounce Earhart?

Earhart is /ˈɛɹˌhɑɹt/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Earhart getting more or less common?

More common. 3,673 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,882 in 2010, up 5.7%.

The surname Earhart

A German surname, carried by 3,882 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈɛɹˌhɑɹt/ 2 syllables Soundex E663

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Earhart is more common than 94.8% of them.

Origin

German origin

Anglicized borrowing of German Ehrhardt.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,882 people named Earhart in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 79,533 Americans. That is up 5.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,673.

#8,490

rank among US surnames

3,882

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

+5.7%

change since 2000 (was #8,296)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,481	Horta	3,889	79,389
#8,482	Frink	3,888	79,410
#8,483	Sirois	3,887	79,430
#8,484	Trump	3,886	79,451
#8,485	Quinteros	3,885	79,471
#8,488	Tinney	3,884	79,492
#8,489	Halcomb	3,883	79,512

Who is named Earhart

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

94% of people named Earhart identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.4%
Two or more races 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Earharts

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Amelia Earhart
American aviation pioneer and author (1897–1939)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Earhart

Earhart has the Soundex code E663, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code E663.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Earhart come from?: Anglicized borrowing of German Ehrhardt.
How common is the surname Earhart?: 3,882 people in the United States had the surname Earhart in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 79,533 Americans. It ranked 8,490th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Earhart?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Earhart identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Earhart?: Amelia Earhart, American aviation pioneer and author (1897–1939).
Where is the surname Earhart most common?: Wikidata records people named Earhart in the United States.
How do you pronounce Earhart?: Earhart is /ˈɛɹˌhɑɹt/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Earhart getting more or less common?: More common. 3,673 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,882 in 2010, up 5.7%.