How common is the surname Eisen?

3,377 people in the United States had the surname Eisen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 91,426 Americans. It ranked 9,621st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Eisen?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Eisen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Eisen?

Tripp Eisen, American guitarist, followed by Michael B. Eisen.

Where is the surname Eisen most common?

Wikidata records people named Eisen in the United States.

How do you pronounce Eisen?

Eisen is /ˈaɪ̯zɪn/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Eisen getting more or less common?

More common. 2,849 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,377 in 2010, up 19%.

The surname Eisen

A German surname, carried by 3,377 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈaɪ̯zɪn/ 2 syllables Soundex E250

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Eisen is more common than 94.1% of them.

Origin

German origin

From the German and Jewish/Yiddish surname, from Eisen (“iron”).

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 3,377 people named Eisen in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 91,426 Americans. That is up 19% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,849.

#9,621

rank among US surnames

3,377

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+18.5%

change since 2000 (was #10,357)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,615	Backer	3,380	91,345
#9,618	Courville	3,379	91,372
#9,620	Mardis	3,378	91,399
#9,621	Nassar	3,377	91,426
#9,624	Benedetto	3,375	91,480
#9,627	Palazzolo	3,374	91,507
#9,628	Leath	3,372	91,562

Who is named Eisen

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

94% of people named Eisen identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.1%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Eisens

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Tripp Eisen
American guitarist, born 1965
Michael B. Eisen
American biologist, born 1967

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Eisen

Essen

Eisen has the Soundex code E250, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code E250.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Eisen come from?: From the German and Jewish/Yiddish surname, from Eisen (“iron”).
How common is the surname Eisen?: 3,377 people in the United States had the surname Eisen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 91,426 Americans. It ranked 9,621st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Eisen?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Eisen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Eisen?: Tripp Eisen, American guitarist, followed by Michael B. Eisen.
Where is the surname Eisen most common?: Wikidata records people named Eisen in the United States.
How do you pronounce Eisen?: Eisen is /ˈaɪ̯zɪn/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Eisen getting more or less common?: More common. 2,849 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,377 in 2010, up 19%.