How common is the surname Eckhardt?

4,520 people in the United States had the surname Eckhardt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 68,307 Americans. It ranked 7,368th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Eckhardt?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Eckhardt identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Eckhardt?

Fritz Eckhardt, Austrian actor (1907-1995), followed by Agnes Nixon.

Where is the surname Eckhardt most common?

Wikidata records people named Eckhardt in Austria and the United States.

Is the surname Eckhardt getting more or less common?

More common. 4,502 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,520 in 2010, up 0.4%.

The surname Eckhardt

A surname, carried by 4,520 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). Eckhardt is more common than 95.5% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,520 people named Eckhardt in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 68,307 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 4,502.

#7,368

rank among US surnames

4,520

people in 2010

1.5

per 100,000 Americans

+0.4%

change since 2000 (was #6,882)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,363	Lacombe	4,524	68,246
#7,366	Midkiff	4,523	68,261
#7,367	Duck	4,521	68,291
#7,368	Eckhardt	4,520	68,307
#7,369	Cassady	4,519	68,322

Who is named Eckhardt

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

95% of people named Eckhardt identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
Two or more races 0.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Eckhardts

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Fritz Eckhardt
Austrian actor (1907-1995)
Agnes Nixon
American soap opera screenwriter (1922–2016)

Notable Eckhardts come mostly from Austria (1) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Eckhardt

Eckhardt 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 Eckhardt?: 4,520 people in the United States had the surname Eckhardt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 68,307 Americans. It ranked 7,368th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Eckhardt?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Eckhardt identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Eckhardt?: Fritz Eckhardt, Austrian actor (1907-1995), followed by Agnes Nixon.
Where is the surname Eckhardt most common?: Wikidata records people named Eckhardt in Austria and the United States.
Is the surname Eckhardt getting more or less common?: More common. 4,502 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,520 in 2010, up 0.4%.