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

Eggert, 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 Eggert surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Eggert in America

Eggert is the 6296th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Eggert surname appeared 5,427 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 2 people would have the surname Eggert.

We can also compare 2010 data for Eggert 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 Eggert

The surname EGGERT is of German origin, derived from the personal name Eghart, which was a combination of the Germanic elements "egg" meaning "sword" and "hart" meaning "brave" or "hardy". It originally referred to someone who was a skilled or brave swordsman.

The earliest known record of the surname EGGERT dates back to the 13th century in the regions of Bavaria and Franconia in southern Germany. In medieval records, the name was often spelled Eghart, Echart, or Egghart, reflecting the variations in spelling and pronunciation at the time.

One of the earliest documented instances of the surname EGGERT can be found in the Bavarian town of Landshut, where a nobleman named Egghart von Landshut was recorded in a charter from 1256. Another early record comes from the town of Rothenburg ob der Tauber in Franconia, where a citizen named Echart der Schmid (Echart the Blacksmith) was mentioned in a document from 1289.

During the 16th and 17th centuries, the surname EGGERT began to spread beyond its original regions in southern Germany. In 1542, a man named Hans Eggert was recorded as a resident of the city of Nuremberg. In the 1600s, the name appeared in various records from the northern German states, such as Prussia and Saxony.

One of the earliest known bearers of the surname EGGERT was a 16th-century Protestant theologian and reformer named Johann Eggert (c. 1510-1580), who was active in the city of Wittenberg and was a close associate of Martin Luther. Another notable figure was the 17th-century German composer and organist Christian Eggert (c. 1610-1675), who served as the court composer in the city of Königsberg (now Kaliningrad, Russia).

In the 18th century, the surname EGGERT gained prominence with the German explorer and naturalist Jacob Eggert (1736-1813), who participated in several expeditions to Russia and Siberia and made significant contributions to the study of botany and zoology. Another prominent bearer of the name was the 19th-century German writer and dramatist Ferdinand Eggert (1801-1876), who wrote several plays and novels depicting life in rural Germany.

As the surname EGGERT spread throughout Germany and beyond, it also appeared in various place names and toponyms. For example, the town of Eggertshausen in Bavaria and the village of Eggertsdorf in Saxony were likely named after early settlers or landowners with the surname EGGERT.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Eggert

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

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 Eggert 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 Eggert 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 Eggert was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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