The Eck surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,681 people carried this name — #4,618 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 38,500 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (7,670).
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Eck surname
From the German Eck.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Eck» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 604 people named Eck.
51 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 39 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
83 people named Eck live in Switzerland.
They live in 11 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
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 Poland’s population register
21 people named Eck have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 48 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 3 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Lower Silesian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In the Nordic population registers
87 people named Eck is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
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
Eck in American newspapers,
1895–1910.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 180,144 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Eck,
with a public archive behind them.
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Johann Eck 1486–1543 · Catholic priest -
Oswald von Eck 1524–1573 · university teacher -
Carl W. Eck d. 1976 · politician
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Georg Eck d. 1800 · musician
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Volfgang Eck d. 1658 · wood carver
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Bálint Eck 1494–1550 · writer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Eck.
- Eby 6,786 · U.S. census
- Echard 904 · U.S. census
- Echegaray 516 · U.S. census
- Echevarria 9,777 · U.S. census
- Echeverria 9,552 · U.S. census
- Echeveste 565 · U.S. census
- Eckel 2,453 · U.S. census
- Ecker 4,772 · U.S. census
- Eckert 17,269 · U.S. census
- Eckes 911 · U.S. census
- Eckle 171 · U.S. census
- Eckmann 657 · U.S. census
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