The surname Eccles
An English surname, carried by 3,209 people in the United States.
Pronounced /ˈɛkəlz/ 2 syllables Soundex E242
Origin
English origin
From Middle English Eccles, from Old English *Eccles, borrowed from pre-Proto-Brythonic *eglēs (“church”), whence Proto-Brythonic *egluɨs. The sound change *ē > *uɨ is regular in Proto-Brythonic, but had evidently not yet occurred when place-name instances of *eglēs in the north were being borrowed into Old English; Jackson (1953) dates this change to the late 7th century. *g > *k is regular assuming borrowing into Old English, which did not have intervocalic /g/ except after a nasal. A number of toponyms in northern Britain are composed of Eccles plus a term of English origin, e.g. Eccleston (+ -ton), Eccleshill (+ hill). Doublet of ecclesia.
One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 3,209 people named Eccles in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 96,212 Americans. That is up 10% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,916.
Who is named Eccles
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
83% of people named Eccles identified as white (not Hispanic), 10% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 83%
- Black (not Hispanic) 10%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
- Two or more races 2.7%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
Famous Eccless
4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first
- John Carew EcclesAustralian neurophysiologist (1903–1997)
- Marriner Stoddard EcclesAmerican economist and banker (1890–1977)
- John EcclesBritish composer, 1668–1735
- Josh EcclesAssociation football player (born 2000)
Notable Eccless come mostly from Australia (1), the United States (1) and the Kingdom of Great Britain (1).
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Eccles has the Soundex code E242, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code E242.
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Questions
- Where does the surname Eccles come from?
- From Middle English Eccles, from Old English *Eccles, borrowed from pre-Proto-Brythonic *eglēs (“church”), whence Proto-Brythonic *egluɨs. The sound change *ē > *uɨ is regular in Proto-Brythonic, but had evidently not yet occurred when place-name instances of *eglēs in the north were being…
- How common is the surname Eccles?
- 3,209 people in the United States had the surname Eccles in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 96,212 Americans. It ranked 10,036th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Eccles?
- In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Eccles identified as white (not Hispanic), and 10% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Who is the most famous person named Eccles?
- John Carew Eccles, Australian neurophysiologist (1903–1997), followed by Marriner Stoddard Eccles.
- Where is the surname Eccles most common?
- Wikidata records people named Eccles in Australia, the United States and the Kingdom of Great Britain and 1 other country.
- How do you pronounce Eccles?
- Eccles is /ˈɛkəlz/, 2 syllables.
- Is the surname Eccles getting more or less common?
- More common. 2,916 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,209 in 2010, up 10%.