How common is the surname Eck?

7,681 people in the United States had the surname Eck in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 40,196 Americans. It ranked 4,618th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Eck?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Eck identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Eck?

Johnny Eck, American entertainer (1911-1991).

Where is the surname Eck most common?

Wikidata records people named Eck in the United States.

Is the surname Eck getting more or less common?

More common. 7,670 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,681 in 2010, up 0.1%.

The surname Eck

A German surname, carried by 7,681 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex E200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Eck is more common than 97.2% of them.

Origin

German origin

From the German Eck.

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 7,681 people named Eck in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 40,196 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 7,670.

#4,618

rank among US surnames

7,681

people in 2010

2.6

per 100,000 Americans

+0.1%

change since 2000 (was #4,281)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,609	Whyte	7,701	40,092
#4,610	Ovalle	7,698	40,107
#4,611	Everson	7,694	40,128
#4,613	Shores	7,691	40,144
#4,614	Yuen	7,688	40,159
#4,615	Fontana	7,685	40,175
#4,616	Spruill	7,683	40,186

Who is named Eck

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

96% of people named Eck identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Ecks

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Johnny Eck
American entertainer (1911-1991)

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Eck

Eick

Eck has the Soundex code E200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code E200.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Eck come from?: From the German Eck.
How common is the surname Eck?: 7,681 people in the United States had the surname Eck in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 40,196 Americans. It ranked 4,618th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Eck?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Eck identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Eck?: Johnny Eck, American entertainer (1911-1991).
Where is the surname Eck most common?: Wikidata records people named Eck in the United States.
Is the surname Eck getting more or less common?: More common. 7,670 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,681 in 2010, up 0.1%.