The Eckmann surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 657 people carried this name — #34,465 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 454,500 people counted. That is up 3% from 635 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Eckmann surname
Borrowed from German Eckmann, topographic surname for someone who lived near a corner, from Eck (“corner”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Eckmann» (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 64 people named Eckmann.
8 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 10 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
52 people named Eckmann live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.
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.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Eckmann.
- Eck 7,681 · 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
- Eckstein 4,628 · U.S. census
- Edde 309 · U.S. census
- Ede 807 · U.S. census
- Edel 965 · U.S. census
- Edelin 155 · U.S. census
- Edelmann 644 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Eckmann is.
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