# Ehrlich (surname)

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

A surname from German or Yiddish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 6,031 |
| US rank (2010) | 5,747 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 51,193 people |
| Change since 2000 | +0.1% (6,024 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from German Ehrlich, from ehrlich (“honest, honorable”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Ehrlich 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) | 95% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.1% |
| Two or more races | 1.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Ehrlich in the United States, Austria–Hungary and Austria.

## People named Ehrlich

- Paul R. Ehrlich, American biologist and environmentalist (1932–2026)
- Eugen Ehrlich, Austrian lawyer (1862–1922)
- Marty Ehrlich, American musician
- Bettina Bauer-Ehrlich, Austrian artist and children's writer, based in London from 1938 (1903–1985)
- Martha Mansfield, American actress (1899-1923)

## Similar surnames

Earls, Earles.

## 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.