# Ebert (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/ebert/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 12,830 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,809 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 24,064 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.1% (12,440 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈiːbəɹt/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Chiefly Upper and Middle German variant of German Eberhard.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Ebert in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 95% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Ebert in the United States and Austria–Hungary.

## People named Ebert

- Roger Ebert, American film critic and author (1942–2013)
- Karl Egon Ebert, Bohemian German poet (1801–1882)
- Alex Ebert, American singer

## Similar surnames

Ebright, Ebbert, Evert, Everts, Eifert, Everett, Everette, Everitt, Efird, Everidge, Eppard, Evarts.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.