How common is the surname Eckard?

2,806 people in the United States had the surname Eckard in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 110,030 Americans. It ranked 11,269th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Eckard?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Eckard identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Eckard getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,868 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,806 in 2010, down 2.2%.

The surname Eckard

A surname, carried by 2,806 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex E263

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Eckard is more common than 93.1% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,806 people named Eckard in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 110,030 Americans. That is down 2.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,868.

#11,269

rank among US surnames

2,806

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

-2.2%

change since 2000 (was #10,294)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,264	Buskirk	2,807	109,991
#11,269	Eckard	2,806	110,030
#11,272	Yeo	2,805	110,070
#11,273	Gallman	2,804	110,109
#11,275	Keese	2,802	110,188

Who is named Eckard

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

96% of people named Eckard identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.1%
Two or more races 1.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Eckard

Eckard has the Soundex code E263, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code E263.

Questions

How common is the surname Eckard?: 2,806 people in the United States had the surname Eckard in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 110,030 Americans. It ranked 11,269th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Eckard?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Eckard identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Eckard getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,868 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,806 in 2010, down 2.2%.