How common is the surname Eckert?

17,269 people in the United States had the surname Eckert in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 17,879 Americans. It ranked 2,093rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Eckert?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Eckert identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Eckert?

J. Presper Eckert, American electrical engineer and computer pioneer (1919–1995), followed by Cynthia Eckert.

Where is the surname Eckert most common?

Wikidata records people named Eckert in the United States, German Reich and Austria.

Is the surname Eckert getting more or less common?

More common. 17,161 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 17,269 in 2010, up 0.6%.

The surname Eckert

A German surname, carried by 17,269 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). Eckert is more common than 98.7% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Eckert.

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 17,269 people named Eckert in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 17,879 Americans. That is up 0.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 17,161.

#2,093

rank among US surnames

17,269

people in 2010

5.8

per 100,000 Americans

+0.6%

change since 2000 (was #1,925)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,084	Cavazos	17,361	17,784
#2,085	Burrows	17,355	17,790
#2,086	Busch	17,354	17,791
#2,087	Burroughs	17,336	17,810
#2,088	Schuster	17,325	17,821
#2,089	Bagley	17,324	17,822
#2,090	Montero	17,314	17,832

Who is named Eckert

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

95% of people named Eckert identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Eckerts

6 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

J. Presper Eckert
American electrical engineer and computer pioneer (1919–1995)
Cynthia Eckert
American rower, born 1965
Wallace John Eckert
American astronomer (1902-1971)
Jakob Eckert
Association footballer (1916-1940)
Ernst R. G. Eckert
American aerospace engineer, 1904–2004
Andrea Eckert
Austrian actress, born 1958

Notable Eckerts come mostly from the United States (4), German Reich (1) and Austria (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Eckert

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

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Eckert come from?: Borrowed from German Eckert.
How common is the surname Eckert?: 17,269 people in the United States had the surname Eckert in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 17,879 Americans. It ranked 2,093rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Eckert?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Eckert identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Eckert?: J. Presper Eckert, American electrical engineer and computer pioneer (1919–1995), followed by Cynthia Eckert.
Where is the surname Eckert most common?: Wikidata records people named Eckert in the United States, German Reich and Austria.
Is the surname Eckert getting more or less common?: More common. 17,161 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 17,269 in 2010, up 0.6%.