Ebert surname: meaning, census count and records | FamilyCrests

The Ebert surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 12,440 people carried this name — #2,671 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 21,700 people counted.

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In Poland’s population register

360 people named Ebert have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 517 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 13 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Silesian.

Where they live today

Silesian 90
Masovian 87
West Pomeranian 41
Lublin 39
Warmian-Masurian 34
Lubusz 14
Łódź 12
Lesser Poland 12

PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

291 people named Ebert live in Switzerland.

They live in 18 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Where they live today

Zurich 77
St. Gallen 35
Aargau 34
Bern 33
Thurgau 19
Basel-Stadt 15
Solothurn 13
Schaffhausen 9

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 186 people named Ebert.

32 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 17 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 32
Bas-Rhin 77
Bouches-du-Rhône 17
Haut-Rhin 16
Pas-de-Calais 9
Meurthe-et-Moselle 6
Eure 5
Moselle 4
Oise 4

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

Who carried it

People named Ebert,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Jakob Ebert
    Jakob Ebert 1549–1614 · writer
  • Johann Arnold Ebert
    Johann Arnold Ebert 1723–1795 · writer
  • Johann Jacob Ebert
    Johann Jacob Ebert 1737–1805 · astronomer
  • Friedrich Adolf Ebert
    Friedrich Adolf Ebert 1791–1834 · librarian
  • Karl Egon Ebert
    Karl Egon Ebert 1801–1882 · writer

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 186 lives in all are documented under this name.

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