The Eckel surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 2,531 people carried this name — #11,423 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 106,400 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 55 people named Eckel.
5 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 8 départements, most often Moselle.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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
27 people named Eckel live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Eckel.
- Echard 909 · U.S. census
- Echegaray 351 · U.S. census
- Echevarria 7,590 · U.S. census
- Echeverria 6,481 · U.S. census
- Echeveste 368 · U.S. census
- Eck 7,670 · U.S. census
- Ecker 4,755 · U.S. census
- Eckert 17,161 · U.S. census
- Eckes 867 · U.S. census
- Eckle 185 · U.S. census
- Eckmann 635 · U.S. census
- Eckstein 4,517 · U.S. census
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