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    The surname Ecker

    A surname, carried by 4,772 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex E260

    Ecker: #7,018 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Ecker #7,018, 4,772 people Ecker: #7,018 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Ecker #7,018, 4,772 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ecker is more common than 95.7% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,772 people named Ecker in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 64,699 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 4,755.

    #7,018
    rank among US surnames
    4,772
    people in 2010
    1.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.4%
    change since 2000 (was #6,570)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #7,014Spillman4,77564,659
    #7,015Carillo4,77464,672
    #7,016Mayle4,77364,686
    #7,018Melcher4,77264,699

    Who is named Ecker

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

    95% of people named Ecker identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Eckers

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Guy Ecker
      Brazilian actor, born 1959
    • Jon Ecker
      American actor, born 1983

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Ecker

    Ecker has the Soundex code E260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code E260.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Ecker?
    4,772 people in the United States had the surname Ecker in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 64,699 Americans. It ranked 7,018th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Ecker?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Ecker identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Ecker?
    Guy Ecker, Brazilian actor, followed by Jon Ecker.
    Where is the surname Ecker most common?
    Wikidata records people named Ecker in the United States.
    Is the surname Ecker getting more or less common?
    More common. 4,755 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,772 in 2010, up 0.4%.