How common is the surname Eisenhower?

1,073 people in the United States had the surname Eisenhower in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 287,740 Americans. It ranked 23,634th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Eisenhower?

In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Eisenhower identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Eisenhower?

Julie Nixon Eisenhower, American author (born 1948), followed by David Eisenhower.

Where is the surname Eisenhower most common?

Wikidata records people named Eisenhower in the United States.

How do you pronounce Eisenhower?

Eisenhower is /ˈaɪ.zənˌhaʊ.ə(ɹ)/, 4 syllables.

Is the surname Eisenhower getting more or less common?

More common. 1,072 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,073 in 2010, up 0.1%.

The surname Eisenhower

A surname, carried by 1,073 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈaɪ.zənˌhaʊ.ə(ɹ)/ 4 syllables Soundex E256

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Eisenhower is more common than 85.4% of them.

Origin

From German Eisenhauer.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,073 people named Eisenhower in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 287,740 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,072.

#23,634

rank among US surnames

1,073

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+0.1%

change since 2000 (was #22,403)

Who is named Eisenhower

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

97% of people named Eisenhower identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.0% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 97%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
Two or more races 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Eisenhowers

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Julie Nixon Eisenhower
American author (born 1948)
David Eisenhower
American writer (born 1948)
Jennie Elizabeth Eisenhower
American actress, born 1978

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Eisenhower

Eisenhower has the Soundex code E256, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code E256.

Questions

Where does the surname Eisenhower come from?: From German Eisenhauer.
How common is the surname Eisenhower?: 1,073 people in the United States had the surname Eisenhower in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 287,740 Americans. It ranked 23,634th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Eisenhower?: In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Eisenhower identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Eisenhower?: Julie Nixon Eisenhower, American author (born 1948), followed by David Eisenhower.
Where is the surname Eisenhower most common?: Wikidata records people named Eisenhower in the United States.
How do you pronounce Eisenhower?: Eisenhower is /ˈaɪ.zənˌhaʊ.ə(ɹ)/, 4 syllables.
Is the surname Eisenhower getting more or less common?: More common. 1,072 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,073 in 2010, up 0.1%.