How common is the surname Eckstein?

4,628 people in the United States had the surname Eckstein in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 66,713 Americans. It ranked 7,211th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Eckstein?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Eckstein identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Eckstein?

Emma Eckstein, Austrian author and psychoanalysis subject (1865–1924), followed by Ashley Eckstein.

Where is the surname Eckstein most common?

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

Is the surname Eckstein getting more or less common?

More common. 4,517 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,628 in 2010, up 2.5%.

The surname Eckstein

A German surname, carried by 4,628 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex E235

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Eckstein is more common than 95.6% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Eckstein.

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 4,628 people named Eckstein in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 66,713 Americans. That is up 2.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,517.

#7,211

rank among US surnames

4,628

people in 2010

1.6

per 100,000 Americans

+2.5%

change since 2000 (was #6,863)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,207	Millet	4,631	66,669
#7,209	Mendieta	4,630	66,684
#7,210	Luker	4,629	66,698
#7,211	Eckstein	4,628	66,713

Who is named Eckstein

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

94% of people named Eckstein identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.0% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 2.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Ecksteins

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Emma Eckstein
Austrian author and psychoanalysis subject (1865–1924)
Ashley Eckstein
American actress, born 1981
David Eckstein
American baseball player, born 1975
Frederick Eckstein
Austrian polymath, theosophist and a friend and temporary co-worker of Sigmund Freud (1861

Notable Ecksteins come mostly from Austria (2) and the United States (2).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Eckstein

Eastin

Eckstein has the Soundex code E235, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code E235.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Eckstein come from?: Borrowed from German Eckstein.
How common is the surname Eckstein?: 4,628 people in the United States had the surname Eckstein in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 66,713 Americans. It ranked 7,211th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Eckstein?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Eckstein identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Eckstein?: Emma Eckstein, Austrian author and psychoanalysis subject (1865–1924), followed by Ashley Eckstein.
Where is the surname Eckstein most common?: Wikidata records people named Eckstein in Austria and the United States.
Is the surname Eckstein getting more or less common?: More common. 4,517 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,628 in 2010, up 2.5%.