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

Emerich, 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 Emerich surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Emerich in America

Emerich is the 44034th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Emerich surname appeared 489 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 Emerich.

We can also compare 2010 data for Emerich 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 Emerich

The surname Emerich originated in Germany in the 16th century. It is believed to have derived from the Germanic words "amal" meaning "laborious" and "ric" meaning "powerful" or "ruler." The name was initially concentrated in the regions of Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name Emerich can be found in the parish records of the town of Augsburg, dating back to 1538, where a certain Emerich Metzger is mentioned. Another early reference is from the town of Freiburg im Breisgau, where an Emerich Hoffmann is listed in the town's tax records from 1572.

In the 17th century, the name began to spread across other parts of Germany and neighboring regions. Notable individuals bearing the surname Emerich include Johann Emerich Schlick (1603-1649), a German military officer who fought in the Thirty Years' War, and Emerich Sinzendorf (1670-1742), an Austrian nobleman and diplomat who served as the imperial ambassador to France.

During the 18th century, the name continued to gain prominence, with individuals like Johann Emerich Schlittenbauer (1714-1789), a German Catholic theologian and professor at the University of Ingolstadt, and Emerich Nicolaus von Zinzendorf (1700-1760), a German religious leader and renowned bishop of the Moravian Church.

In the 19th century, the name Emerich was associated with several renowned figures, such as Emerich Madách (1823-1864), a Hungarian writer and poet best known for his epic work "The Tragedy of Man," and Emerich Kalman (1859-1938), a Hungarian-born American civil engineer and urban planner responsible for designing sections of the New York City subway system.

As the name spread further, it also gained recognition in other parts of Europe, with individuals like Emerich Devrient (1801-1872), a German actor and playwright who made significant contributions to the development of German theater, and Emerich Ullmann (1861-1937), an Austrian chemist and industrialist who co-founded the Chemische Fabrik von Heyden, a prominent chemical company.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Emerich

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

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

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