How common is the surname Eckhoff?

2,367 people in the United States had the surname Eckhoff in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 130,437 Americans. It ranked 12,971st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Eckhoff?

In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Eckhoff identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Eckhoff getting more or less common?

More common. 2,360 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,367 in 2010, up 0.3%.

The surname Eckhoff

A surname, carried by 2,367 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex E210

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Eckhoff is more common than 92% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,367 people named Eckhoff in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 130,437 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 2,360.

#12,971

rank among US surnames

2,367

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+0.3%

change since 2000 (was #12,122)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,965	Stigall	2,369	130,327
#12,968	Highfill	2,368	130,382
#12,971	Handel	2,367	130,437
#12,978	Cron	2,366	130,493

Who is named Eckhoff

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

97% of people named Eckhoff identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 97%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.1%
Two or more races 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Eckhoff

Eickhoff

Eckhoff has the Soundex code E210, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code E210.

Questions

How common is the surname Eckhoff?: 2,367 people in the United States had the surname Eckhoff in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 130,437 Americans. It ranked 12,971st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Eckhoff?: In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Eckhoff identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Eckhoff getting more or less common?: More common. 2,360 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,367 in 2010, up 0.3%.