How common is the surname Eckel?

2,453 people in the United States had the surname Eckel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 125,864 Americans. It ranked 12,616th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Eckel?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Eckel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Eckel?

Bruce Eckel, American technology writer.

Where is the surname Eckel most common?

Wikidata records people named Eckel in the United States.

Is the surname Eckel getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,531 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,453 in 2010, down 3.1%.

The surname Eckel

A surname, carried by 2,453 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex E240

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Eckel is more common than 92.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,453 people named Eckel in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 125,864 Americans. That is down 3.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,531.

#12,616

rank among US surnames

2,453

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

-3.1%

change since 2000 (was #11,423)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,607	Lanford	2,455	125,762
#12,613	Durgin	2,454	125,813
#12,616	Gordan	2,453	125,864
#12,622	Hao	2,452	125,916

Who is named Eckel

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

95% of people named Eckel identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Eckels

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Bruce Eckel
American technology writer, born 1957

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Eckel

Eckley

Eckel has the Soundex code E240, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code E240.

Questions

How common is the surname Eckel?: 2,453 people in the United States had the surname Eckel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 125,864 Americans. It ranked 12,616th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Eckel?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Eckel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Eckel?: Bruce Eckel, American technology writer.
Where is the surname Eckel most common?: Wikidata records people named Eckel in the United States.
Is the surname Eckel getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,531 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,453 in 2010, down 3.1%.