The Eder surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,847 people carried this name — #8,562 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 76,900 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (3,849).
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Eder surname
A male surname from German.
Borrowed from German.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Eder» (Czech), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 321 people named Eder 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 Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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
240 people named Eder live in Switzerland.
They live in 16 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 123 people named Eder.
20 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 17 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
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 Poland’s population register
100 people named Eder have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 180 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 11 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Greater Poland.
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
113 people named Eder 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
Eder in American newspapers,
1855–1924.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 105,949 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Eder,
with a public archive behind them.
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Georg Eder 1523–1587 · jurist -
František Xaver Eder 1727–1772 · missionary -
Wilhelm Eder 1780–1866 · politician -
Franz Albert Eder 1818–1890 · archbishop -
James Martin Eder 1838–1921 · businessperson
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 165 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Eder.
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