Find out how popular the last name Ebers is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Ebers.

Ebers, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Ebers surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Ebers in America

Ebers is the 45804th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Ebers surname appeared 466 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Ebers.

We can also compare 2010 data for Ebers to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Ebers

The surname EBERS is of German origin and can be traced back to the 16th century. It is believed to have derived from the Middle High German word "eber," which means "boar" or "wild pig." This suggests that the name may have originated as a nickname for someone who had qualities reminiscent of a boar, such as strength, fierceness, or a robust build.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name EBERS can be found in the municipal records of the city of Nuremberg, Germany, dating back to the late 1500s. The name was also present in various other German regions, including Bavaria and Saxony, during the 16th and 17th centuries.

The surname EBERS has been associated with several notable individuals throughout history. One such figure was Johann Ebers, a renowned German Egyptologist born in 1837. He is known for his significant contributions to the study of ancient Egyptian literature and for discovering the Ebers Papyrus, an important medical text from ancient Egypt.

Another prominent bearer of the EBERS surname was Georg Ebers, a German novelist and Egyptologist born in 1837. He is best known for his historical novels set in ancient Egypt, including "An Egyptian Princess" and "Uarda."

In the field of medicine, Karl Ebers, a German physician and pathologist born in 1837, made significant contributions to the understanding of infectious diseases and published influential works on pathological anatomy.

The name EBERS can also be traced back to various place names in Germany, such as Ebersberg, a town in Bavaria, and Ebersbach, a municipality in Saxony. These place names may have influenced the development and variations of the surname over time.

Additionally, the EBERS surname has been associated with individuals in other parts of Europe, including the Netherlands and Switzerland, suggesting that the name may have spread beyond its German origins through migration and intermarriage.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Ebers

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Ebers.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Ebers was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Ebers has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Ebers was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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