How common is the surname Eberhart?

4,862 people in the United States had the surname Eberhart in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 63,502 Americans. It ranked 6,907th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Eberhart?

Richard Eberhart, American poet (1904–2005), followed by Adolph Olson Eberhart.

Where is the surname Eberhart most common?

Wikidata records people named Eberhart in the United States.

Is the surname Eberhart getting more or less common?

More common. 4,819 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,862 in 2010, up 0.9%.

The surname Eberhart

A surname, carried by 4,862 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex E166

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Eberhart is more common than 95.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,862 people named Eberhart in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 63,502 Americans. That is up 0.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,819.

#6,907

rank among US surnames

4,862

people in 2010

1.6

per 100,000 Americans

+0.9%

change since 2000 (was #6,496)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,898	Cervantez	4,874	63,345
#6,899	Erazo	4,873	63,358
#6,900	Feaster	4,871	63,384
#6,903	Eades	4,870	63,397
#6,904	Heyward	4,867	63,437
#6,905	Jaworski	4,865	63,463
#6,906	Hom	4,863	63,489

Who is named Eberhart

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

79% of people named Eberhart identified as white (not Hispanic), 17% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 79%
Black (not Hispanic) 17%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Eberharts

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Richard Eberhart
American poet (1904–2005)
Adolph Olson Eberhart
American politician (1870-1944)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Eberhart

Eberhart has the Soundex code E166, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code E166.

Questions

How common is the surname Eberhart?: 4,862 people in the United States had the surname Eberhart in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 63,502 Americans. It ranked 6,907th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Eberhart?: In the 2010 Census, 79% of people named Eberhart identified as white (not Hispanic), and 17% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Eberhart?: Richard Eberhart, American poet (1904–2005), followed by Adolph Olson Eberhart.
Where is the surname Eberhart most common?: Wikidata records people named Eberhart in the United States.
Is the surname Eberhart getting more or less common?: More common. 4,819 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,862 in 2010, up 0.9%.