How common is the surname Ebert?

12,830 people in the United States had the surname Ebert in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 24,064 Americans. It ranked 2,809th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Ebert?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Ebert identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Ebert?

Roger Ebert, American film critic and author (1942–2013), followed by Karl Egon Ebert.

Where is the surname Ebert most common?

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

How do you pronounce Ebert?

Ebert is /ˈiːbəɹt/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Ebert getting more or less common?

More common. 12,440 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 12,830 in 2010, up 3.1%.

The surname Ebert

A surname, carried by 12,830 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈiːbəɹt/ 2 syllables Soundex E163

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ebert is more common than 98.3% of them.

Origin

Chiefly Upper and Middle German variant of German Eberhard.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 12,830 people named Ebert in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 24,064 Americans. That is up 3.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 12,440.

#2,809

rank among US surnames

12,830

people in 2010

4.3

per 100,000 Americans

+3.1%

change since 2000 (was #2,671)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,800	Beaty	12,869	23,991
#2,801	Ricketts	12,862	24,004
#2,802	Cheatham	12,852	24,023
#2,803	Lusk	12,847	24,033
#2,804	Mabry	12,846	24,034
#2,805	Millard	12,843	24,040
#2,806	Shen	12,839	24,047

Who is named Ebert

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

95% of people named Ebert identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Eberts

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Roger Ebert
American film critic and author (1942–2013)
Karl Egon Ebert
Bohemian German poet (1801–1882)
Alex Ebert
American singer, born 1978

Notable Eberts come mostly from the United States (2) and Austria–Hungary (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Ebert

Ebert has the Soundex code E163, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code E163.

Questions

Where does the surname Ebert come from?: Chiefly Upper and Middle German variant of German Eberhard.
How common is the surname Ebert?: 12,830 people in the United States had the surname Ebert in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 24,064 Americans. It ranked 2,809th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Ebert?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Ebert identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Ebert?: Roger Ebert, American film critic and author (1942–2013), followed by Karl Egon Ebert.
Where is the surname Ebert most common?: Wikidata records people named Ebert in the United States and Austria–Hungary.
How do you pronounce Ebert?: Ebert is /ˈiːbəɹt/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Ebert getting more or less common?: More common. 12,440 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 12,830 in 2010, up 3.1%.