How common is the surname Eggert?

5,427 people in the United States had the surname Eggert in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 56,891 Americans. It ranked 6,296th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Eggert?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Eggert identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Eggert?

Nicole Eggert, American actress.

Where is the surname Eggert most common?

Wikidata records people named Eggert in the United States.

Is the surname Eggert getting more or less common?

Less common. 5,677 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,427 in 2010, down 4.4%.

The surname Eggert

A surname, carried by 5,427 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). Eggert is more common than 96.1% of them.

Origin

A surname

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,427 people named Eggert in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 56,891 Americans. That is down 4.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,677.

#6,296

rank among US surnames

5,427

people in 2010

1.8

per 100,000 Americans

-4.4%

change since 2000 (was #5,606)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,290	Plata	5,432	56,838
#6,291	Ridgway	5,429	56,870
#6,295	Edelman	5,428	56,880
#6,296	Eggert	5,427	56,891
#6,297	Hagerman	5,426	56,901
#6,298	Lupo	5,425	56,912

Who is named Eggert

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

95% of people named Eggert identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Eggerts

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Nicole Eggert
American actress, born 1972

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Eggert

Egerton

Eggert 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 Eggert?: 5,427 people in the United States had the surname Eggert in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 56,891 Americans. It ranked 6,296th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Eggert?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Eggert identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Eggert?: Nicole Eggert, American actress.
Where is the surname Eggert most common?: Wikidata records people named Eggert in the United States.
Is the surname Eggert getting more or less common?: Less common. 5,677 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,427 in 2010, down 4.4%.