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    The surname Ehrhardt

    A German surname, carried by 2,874 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex E663

    Ehrhardt: #11,060 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Ehrhardt #11,060, 2,874 people Ehrhardt: #11,060 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Ehrhardt #11,060, 2,874 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ehrhardt is more common than 93.2% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    Borrowed from German Erhard, in turn composed of Old High German ēra (“honour”) + hart (“hardy”).

    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 2,874 people named Ehrhardt in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 107,427 Americans. That is down 1.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,902.

    #11,060
    rank among US surnames
    2,874
    people in 2010
    1.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    -1%
    change since 2000 (was #10,196)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #11,051Dabrowski2,877107,315
    #11,054Béres2,876107,352
    #11,057Hopwood2,875107,390
    #11,060Ehrhardt2,874107,427
    #11,061Cartier2,873107,465
    #11,062Gilmartin2,872107,502
    #11,066Shuford2,871107,539

    Who is named Ehrhardt

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

    96% of people named Ehrhardt identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
    • Two or more races 0.9%
    • 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.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Ehrhardt

    Ehrhardt has the Soundex code E663, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code E663.

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Ehrhardt come from?
    Borrowed from German Erhard, in turn composed of Old High German ēra (“honour”) + hart (“hardy”).
    How common is the surname Ehrhardt?
    2,874 people in the United States had the surname Ehrhardt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 107,427 Americans. It ranked 11,060th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Ehrhardt?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Ehrhardt identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Ehrhardt getting more or less common?
    Less common. 2,902 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,874 in 2010, down 1.0%.
    What are other spellings of Ehrhardt?
    Ehrenhard, Ehrhard and Ehrhart.