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

Eyerman, 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 Eyerman surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Eyerman in America

Eyerman is the 48347th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Eyerman surname appeared 437 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 Eyerman.

We can also compare 2010 data for Eyerman 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 Eyerman

The surname EYERMAN is of Germanic origin, specifically from the region that is now modern-day Germany. It dates back to the 16th century or earlier, when surnames were becoming more commonplace. The name is likely derived from the Old German words "Auer" meaning "meadow" and "mann" meaning "man," suggesting an association with someone who lived or worked in a meadow area.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the EYERMAN surname can be found in the Kirchenbücher, or church records, of the town of Aulendorf in the state of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. These records, dating back to the late 16th century, mention an individual named Hans Eyerman who lived in the area around 1580.

Another notable figure bearing the EYERMAN name was Johann Eyerman, a Lutheran theologian and academic who lived in the 17th century. He was born in 1623 in the town of Brackenheim, which is also located in Baden-Württemberg. Eyerman served as a professor of theology at the University of Tübingen and published several works on religious subjects.

During the 18th century, the EYERMAN surname appeared in various regions of what is now southern Germany. For instance, records from the town of Alsbach-Hähnlein in the state of Hesse mention a family named Eyerman residing there in the mid-1700s.

In the 19th century, the name EYERMAN can be found in some historical records from the United States, likely due to German immigration. One individual named Jacob Eyerman, born in 1815 in Pennsylvania, served as a private in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Another person of note bearing the EYERMAN surname was Wilhelm Eyerman, a German-American artist and illustrator who lived from 1833 to 1909. He was born in Barmen, which is now part of the city of Wuppertal in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, and later immigrated to the United States, where he worked as an illustrator for various publications, including Harper's Weekly.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Eyerman

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

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

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