How common is the surname Ehret?

2,061 people in the United States had the surname Ehret in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 149,804 Americans. It ranked 14,485th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Ehret?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Ehret identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Ehret?

Arnold Ehret, American medical researcher (1866–1922), followed by Christopher Ehret.

Where is the surname Ehret most common?

Wikidata records people named Ehret in Germany and the United States.

Is the surname Ehret getting more or less common?

More common. 2,041 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,061 in 2010, up 1.0%.

The surname Ehret

A surname, carried by 2,061 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex E630

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ehret is more common than 91.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,061 people named Ehret in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 149,804 Americans. That is up 1.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,041.

#14,485

rank among US surnames

2,061

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+1%

change since 2000 (was #13,635)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,478	Kelson	2,062	149,731
#14,485	Garten	2,061	149,804
#14,489	Freels	2,060	149,876
#14,492	Stiefel	2,059	149,949

Who is named Ehret

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

94% of people named Ehret identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.6%
Two or more races 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Ehrets

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Arnold Ehret
American medical researcher (1866–1922)
Christopher Ehret
American historian and linguist, 1941–2025

Notable Ehrets come mostly from Germany (1) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Ehret

Errett

Ehret has the Soundex code E630, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code E630.

Questions

How common is the surname Ehret?: 2,061 people in the United States had the surname Ehret in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 149,804 Americans. It ranked 14,485th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Ehret?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Ehret identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Ehret?: Arnold Ehret, American medical researcher (1866–1922), followed by Christopher Ehret.
Where is the surname Ehret most common?: Wikidata records people named Ehret in Germany and the United States.
Is the surname Ehret getting more or less common?: More common. 2,041 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,061 in 2010, up 1.0%.