How common is the surname Eckhart?

2,571 people in the United States had the surname Eckhart in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 120,088 Americans. It ranked 12,124th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Eckhart?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Eckhart identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Eckhart?

Aaron Eckhart, American actor (born 1968).

Where is the surname Eckhart most common?

Wikidata records people named Eckhart in the United States.

Is the surname Eckhart getting more or less common?

More common. 2,568 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,571 in 2010, up 0.1%.

Is Eckhart also a first name?

Yes. Eckhart is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Eckhart

A German surname, carried by 2,571 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). Eckhart is more common than 92.5% of them.

Origin

German origin

A surname from German.

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 2,571 people named Eckhart in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 120,088 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 2,568.

#12,124

rank among US surnames

2,571

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+0.1%

change since 2000 (was #11,291)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,115	Shipe	2,573	119,994
#12,121	Topp	2,572	120,041
#12,124	Naber	2,571	120,088
#12,127	Nath	2,570	120,134
#12,130	Hammers	2,569	120,181
#12,132	Sugg	2,568	120,228

Who is named Eckhart

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

96% of people named Eckhart identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Eckharts

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Aaron Eckhart
American actor (born 1968)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Eckhart

Eckhart 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 Eckhart come from?: Eckhart is German in origin.
How common is the surname Eckhart?: 2,571 people in the United States had the surname Eckhart in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 120,088 Americans. It ranked 12,124th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Eckhart?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Eckhart identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Eckhart?: Aaron Eckhart, American actor (born 1968).
Where is the surname Eckhart most common?: Wikidata records people named Eckhart in the United States.
Is the surname Eckhart getting more or less common?: More common. 2,568 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,571 in 2010, up 0.1%.
Is Eckhart also a first name?: Yes. Eckhart is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.