How common is the surname Eicher?

5,997 people in the United States had the surname Eicher in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 51,483 Americans. It ranked 5,776th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Eicher?

In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Eicher identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Eicher getting more or less common?

More common. 4,868 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,997 in 2010, up 23%.

The surname Eicher

A surname, carried by 5,997 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex E260

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Eicher is more common than 96.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,997 people named Eicher in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 51,483 Americans. That is up 23% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,868.

#5,776

rank among US surnames

5,997

people in 2010

2.0

per 100,000 Americans

+23.2%

change since 2000 (was #6,434)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,768	Papa	6,005	51,415
#5,769	Wiegand	6,004	51,423
#5,773	Carper	6,002	51,440
#5,776	Eicher	5,997	51,483
#5,778	Folk	5,996	51,492
#5,780	Durst	5,995	51,501

Who is named Eicher

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

97% of people named Eicher identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 97%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.2%
Two or more races 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Eicher

Ecker

Eicher has the Soundex code E260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code E260.

Questions

How common is the surname Eicher?: 5,997 people in the United States had the surname Eicher in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 51,483 Americans. It ranked 5,776th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Eicher?: In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Eicher identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Eicher getting more or less common?: More common. 4,868 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,997 in 2010, up 23%.