How common is the surname Eichmann?

750 people in the United States had the surname Eichmann in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 411,661 Americans. It ranked 30,980th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Eichmann?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Eichmann identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Eichmann?

Eric Eichmann, American soccer player.

Where is the surname Eichmann most common?

Wikidata records people named Eichmann in the United States.

Is the surname Eichmann getting more or less common?

More common. 718 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 750 in 2010, up 4.5%.

The surname Eichmann

A German surname, carried by 750 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex E255

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Eichmann is more common than 80.9% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Eichmann. (noun): After Otto Adolf Eichmann (1906–1962), the architect of the Holocaust.

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 750 people named Eichmann in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 411,661 Americans. That is up 4.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 718.

#30,980

rank among US surnames

750

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

+4.5%

change since 2000 (was #30,645)

Who is named Eichmann

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

95% of people named Eichmann identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.9%
Two or more races 0.7%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Eichmanns

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Eric Eichmann
American soccer player, born 1965

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Eichmann

Eichmann has the Soundex code E255, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code E255.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Eichmann come from?: Borrowed from German Eichmann. (noun): After Otto Adolf Eichmann (1906–1962), the architect of the Holocaust.
How common is the surname Eichmann?: 750 people in the United States had the surname Eichmann in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 411,661 Americans. It ranked 30,980th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Eichmann?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Eichmann identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Eichmann?: Eric Eichmann, American soccer player.
Where is the surname Eichmann most common?: Wikidata records people named Eichmann in the United States.
Is the surname Eichmann getting more or less common?: More common. 718 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 750 in 2010, up 4.5%.