# Eden (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/eden/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

An English surname, probably derived from a place name.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 7,489 |
| US rank (2010) | 4,736 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 41,227 people |
| Change since 2000 | +6.0% (7,062 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈiːdən/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Biblical Hebrew עֵדֶן (ʿḗḏen), perhaps from Sumerian 𒂔 (edin, “steppe, garden”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Eden in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 86% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 5.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 4.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.3% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.1% |
| Two or more races | 2.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Eden in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada and Australia.

## People named Eden

- Harry Eden, British actor
- Clarissa Eden, British countess and memoirist (1920–2021)
- Alaura Eden, American pornographic actress
- Richard Eden, American actor
- Karise Eden, Australian singer
- Ashley Eden, British diplomat and nobleman (1831–1887)

## Similar surnames

Edney, Eiden, Edwin, Eaton, Etienne.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.