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

Eichhorn, 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 Eichhorn surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Eichhorn in America

Eichhorn is the 11193rd most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Eichhorn surname appeared 2,825 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 people would have the surname Eichhorn.

We can also compare 2010 data for Eichhorn 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 Eichhorn

The surname EICHHORN is of German origin, derived from the German words "eich" meaning "oak" and "horn" meaning "horn." It refers to a person who lived near an oak tree or worked with oak wood, possibly as a carpenter or woodworker.

The name EICHHORN can be traced back to medieval Germany, and it is believed to have emerged as a family name around the 13th or 14th century. It was commonly found in regions where oak forests were abundant, such as Bavaria, Saxony, and Thuringia.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the EICHHORN name can be found in the Wittenberg Burghers' Book from the 15th century, which lists several individuals with this surname residing in the town of Wittenberg.

The EICHHORN name also appears in various historical documents and records from different parts of Germany. For instance, in 1497, a certain Hans EICHHORN is mentioned in the municipal records of the city of Nuremberg.

In the 16th century, a notable figure bearing the EICHHORN surname was Johann EICHHORN, a German theologian and author born in 1518 in Hesse. He wrote several works on religious subjects and was a prominent figure in the Protestant Reformation.

Another significant EICHHORN was Johann Gottfried EICHHORN, a German scholar and professor of Oriental languages born in 1752 in Dörrenzimmern. He made important contributions to the study of biblical literature and is considered a pioneer in the field of biblical criticism.

In the 19th century, Karl Friedrich EICHHORN, born in 1781 in Jena, was a renowned German jurist and legal scholar. He served as a professor of law at the University of Berlin and authored several influential works on legal theory and jurisprudence.

Johann Albrecht Friedrich EICHHORN, born in 1779 in Jena, was a prominent German economic historian and statistician. He wrote extensively on the history of agriculture, industry, and commerce, and his works were widely influential in the field of economic history.

Over the centuries, the EICHHORN name has also been associated with various place names in Germany, such as Eichhorn (a town in Saxony), Eichhornhöfe (a village in Thuringia), and Eichhornberg (a hill in Bavaria).

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Eichhorn

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

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

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