Eberhard surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Eberhard surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,316 people carried this name — #13,195 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 126,600 people counted. That is up 5% from 2,210 in 2000.

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In Switzerland’s population statistics

1,775 people named Eberhard live in Switzerland.

They live in 23 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Zurich 422
St. Gallen 407
Bern 196
Solothurn 154
Aargau 104
Schwyz 75
Thurgau 69
Vaud 50

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 258 people named Eberhard.

20 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 38 départements, most often Moselle.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 20
Moselle 42
Paris 35
Bas-Rhin 29
Seine-Maritime 24
Pyrénées-Atlantiques 23
Meurthe-et-Moselle 10
Haut-Rhin 9
Seine-et-Marne 5

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 37 people named Eberhard live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 24
Misiones 13

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In the Nordic population registers

49 people named Eberhard is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 49

Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).

In print

Eberhard in American newspapers,
1908.

Newspaper page from Fergus County Democrat carrying the name Eberhard
Fergus County Democrat 1908-07-28
Newspaper page from Daily Kennebec Journal carrying the name Eberhard
Daily Kennebec Journal 1908-07-21
Newspaper page from Daily Kennebec Journal carrying the name Eberhard
Daily Kennebec Journal 1908-07-24

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 12,579 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Eberhard,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Kaspar Eberhard
    Kaspar Eberhard 1523–1575 · parson
  • Georgius Eberhard 1500–1519
  • Philipp Eberhard 1563–1627 · stonemason
  • Johann Eberhard 1578–1630 · physician
  • Matěj Eberhard 1600–1580 · teacher
  • Daniel Eberhard 1650–1710 · university teacher

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Eberhard is.
A volume says what happened to it.

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