The Eggert surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,427 people carried this name — #6,296 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 54,300 people counted. That is down 4% from 5,677 in 2000.

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In Poland’s population register

166 people named Eggert have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 223 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 7 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Pomeranian.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Pomeranian 107
Warmian-Masurian 27
Masovian 16
West Pomeranian 9
Greater Poland 3
Kuyavian-Pomeranian 2
Opole 2

PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

124 people named Eggert 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

Zurich 30
St. Gallen 25
Aargau 21
Geneva 11
Thurgau 9
Lucerne 6
Bern 6
Schaffhausen 6

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 46 people named Eggert.

10 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 7 départements, most often Haut-Rhin.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 10
Haut-Rhin 23
Ain 3
Côte-d’Or 3
Bas-Rhin 3
Eure 2
Jura 1
Marne 1

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In the Nordic population registers

113 people named Eggert are counted in Sweden and Finland.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 71
Finland (2026) 42

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) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In print

Eggert in American newspapers,
1900–1902.

Newspaper page from The Stark County Democrat carrying the name Eggert
The Stark County Democrat 1902-01-03
Newspaper page from The Stark County Democrat carrying the name Eggert
The Stark County Democrat 1901-12-24
Newspaper page from The Stark County Democrat carrying the name Eggert
The Stark County Democrat 1900-01-05

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 18,226 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Eggert in Australian newspapers,
1870s–1990s.

1,163 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Eggert. The most, 343, date from the 1930s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Queensland, at 2.2 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Queensland 529
New South Wales 493
Western Australia 74
Victoria 37
South Australia 26
ACT (Canberra) 3
Tasmania 1

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Eggert.

Who carried it

People named Eggert,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Willem Eggert
    Willem Eggert 1360–1417 · politician
  • Joachim Nicolas Eggert
    Joachim Nicolas Eggert 1779–1813 · composer
  • Joachim Nicolas Eggert
    Joachim Nicolas Eggert 1779–1813 · composer
  • John Eggert d. 1973 · film director
  • Jan Eggert 1400–1500 · landlord
  • Fridolin Eggert 1655–1709

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Eggert,
in the records of 6 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States1,473 records

1,473 records of the Eggert name in the United States
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 937
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 203
  • Other U.S. records 333
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Russell William Eggert

    Born 1949; from Cleveland, Ohio. U.S. Army, indirect fire infantryman; killed in action 1968 in Quang Tin, South Vietnam. Buried at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Missouri.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Curtis E. Eggert

    Born 1911 in Pennsylvania. Enlisted 1942 at Philadelphia; loom fixer from Philadelphia County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1962, buried at Beverly National Cemetery, New Jersey.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Maria Eggert

    Arrived at Baltimore in 1888 aboard the Weser from Bremen, aged 58; farmer. From Missouri, Germany; bound for Ohio.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 1,473 records for Eggert in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Germany1,639 records

1,639 records of the Eggert name in Germany
  • Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919 1,621
  • German emigration and citizenship files 18
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Karl Eggert

    Born 1885; from Fuchsberg, Königsberg. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 12 February 1919 (Infantry Regiment No. 48).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  2. The first page of an emigration file from Gündlingen, Baden, 1883
    Example: German emigration file, 1883
    Emigration record Johann Eggert

    Left Hottingen for Algiers in 1853.

    Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek / Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg (CC0)
  3. The first page of an emigration file from Gündlingen, Baden, 1883
    Example: German emigration file, 1883
    Emigration record Christian Friedrich Eggert

    Emigrated to North America in 1866.

    Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek / Brandenburgisches Landeshauptarchiv (CC0)

Showing 3 of 1,639 records for Eggert in Germany.

Counts: Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0) · Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Deutsche Verlustlisten, Prussian list 1116, 18 April 1918 (scan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0); Emigration file, Gündlingen, 1883, Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, Staatsarchiv Freiburg B 694/1 Nr. 1389 (CC BY 4.0).

Netherlands450 records

450 records of the Eggert name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 351
  • Dutch population registers 96
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 3
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Jan Fredrik Eggert

    Married in 1864 in Den Helder; shipwright. Died 1870 in Den Helder, aged 28.

    Open Archives, Noord-Hollands Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Catharina Hübertine Eggert

    Married in 1919 in Nederweert; housekeeper. Died 1945 in Venlo, aged 70.

    Open Archives, Regionaal Historisch Centrum Limburg (CC BY 4.0); Open Archives, Gemeentearchief Venlo (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Bernard Eggert

    Married in 1885 in Enschede; factory worker, born in Lonneker. Died 1907 in Enschede; factory worker.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Enschede (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 450 records for Eggert in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

Australia90 records

90 records of the Eggert name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 47
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 34
  • Other Australian records 9
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Marie Eggert

    Arrived in Queensland in 1887 aboard the Dorunda, aged 45.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record John Edward Louis Eggert

    Railway employee of Bendigo, Victoria; died 1965.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record John Eggert

    Died 1870 in Hobart, Tasmania, aged 76.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 90 records for Eggert in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

France24 records

24 records of the Eggert name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Xavier Joseph Eugene Eggert

    Born 1929 in Balgau; died 1994 in Balgau (Haut-Rhin).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Rosalie Josephine Eggert

    Born 1913 in Balgau; died 1980 in Mulhouse (Haut-Rhin).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Victor Charles Eggert

    Born 1907 in Colmar; died 1979 in Colmar (Haut-Rhin).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 24 records for Eggert in France.

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

Canada7 records

7 records of the Eggert name in Canada
  • City of Waterloo (Ontario) cemetery records 4
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 3
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Minnie L. Eggert

    Buried in 1937 at Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo, Ontario.

    Contains information provided by the City of Waterloo under licence
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Ernest Eggert

    Buried in 1971 at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.
  3. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Helen Eggert

    Died 1955; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.

Showing 3 of 7 records for Eggert in Canada.

Counts: Contains information provided by the City of Waterloo under licence · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).

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