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

Eschbach, 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 Eschbach surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Eschbach in America

Eschbach is the 27144th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Eschbach surname appeared 892 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 Eschbach.

We can also compare 2010 data for Eschbach 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 Eschbach

The surname Eschbach has its origins in Germany, with the earliest records dating back to the medieval period. The name is derived from the Old German words "esche," meaning "ash tree," and "bach," meaning "brook" or "stream." This suggests that the name was likely given to someone who lived near an ash tree brook or stream.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the Eschbach name can be found in the Codex Laureshamensis, a medieval cartulary from the Lorsch Abbey in present-day Hesse, Germany, dating back to the 8th century. The manuscript mentions an individual named Eschinbach, which is believed to be an early variation of the Eschbach surname.

In the 11th century, the name Eschbach appeared in the Traditiones Fuldenses, a collection of charters and records from the Fulda Abbey in Hesse. This record mentions an individual named Eberhardus de Eschebach, who donated land to the abbey.

During the 13th century, the Eschbach name was associated with a notable German nobleman, Wolfram von Eschenbach (c. 1170 - c. 1220), a famous medieval German poet and author of the Middle High German epic poems "Parzival" and "Willehalm."

Another notable figure with the Eschbach surname was Johann Friedrich von Eschbach (1676-1733), a German jurist and legal scholar who served as the Chancellor of the University of Tübingen in the early 18th century.

In the 19th century, Johann Georg Eschbach (1777-1845), a German politician and judge, served as the President of the Grand Duchy of Baden's Court of Appeals.

The Eschbach name has also been associated with various place names in Germany, such as Eschbach, a municipality in the district of Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald in Baden-Württemberg, and Eschenbach, a town in the district of Neustadt an der Waldnaab in Bavaria.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Eschbach

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

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

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