The Ecker surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,772 people carried this name — #7,018 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 61,700 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (4,755).
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 173 people named Ecker.
26 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 22 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 Argentina’s national register
At least 95 people named Ecker 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 Entre Ríos.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
79 people named Ecker 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 Belgium’s population register
At least 42 people named Ecker live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Flemish Brabant.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
20 people named Ecker 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
Ecker in American newspapers,
1911–1925.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 26,889 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Ecker,
with a public archive behind them.
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Joannes Ecker d. 1556 · prior
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Anni Ecker d. 2011 · donor
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Anna Ecker d. 1858
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Isaak Ecker genannt Drechsler, Herr auf Gefrees d. 1588
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Lucretia Ecker genannt Drechsler d. 1613
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Matthias Ecker 1710–1760 · sculptor
Wikidata (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Ecker.
- Echegaray 516 · U.S. census
- Echevarria 9,777 · U.S. census
- Echeverria 9,552 · U.S. census
- Echeveste 565 · U.S. census
- Eck 7,681 · U.S. census
- Eckel 2,453 · U.S. census
- Eckert 17,269 · U.S. census
- Eckes 911 · U.S. census
- Eckle 171 · U.S. census
- Eckmann 657 · U.S. census
- Eckstein 4,628 · U.S. census
- Edde 309 · U.S. census
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