The Eichelberger surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,647 people carried this name — #7,191 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 63,300 people counted. That is up 1% from 4,587 in 2000.

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In Switzerland’s population statistics

265 people named Eichelberger live in Switzerland.

They live in 16 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Bern 58
Aargau 57
Zurich 38
Solothurn 25
Basel-Landschaft 21
Vaud 10
St. Gallen 8
Schaffhausen 8

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 Argentina’s national register

At least 51 people named Eichelberger 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 Misiones.

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

Where they live today

Misiones 39
Buenos Aires Province 12

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In Poland’s population register

38 people named Eichelberger have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 51 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 5 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Lublin.

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

Where they live today

Lublin 12
Masovian 12
Pomeranian 8
Subcarpathian 3
West Pomeranian 3

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

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 22 people named Eichelberger.

3 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 3
Haut-Rhin 8
Sarthe 3
Somme 3
Meurthe-et-Moselle 2
Calvados 1
Paris 1
Seine-Saint-Denis 1

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

In print

Eichelberger in American newspapers,
1902–1906.

Newspaper page from Ottumwa Semi-weekly Courier carrying the name Eichelberger
Ottumwa Semi-weekly Courier 1902-11-06
Newspaper page from Ottumwa Tri-weekly Courier carrying the name Eichelberger
Ottumwa Tri-weekly Courier 1906-11-10
Newspaper page from The Commercial carrying the name Eichelberger
The Commercial 1902-10-03

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 18,485 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Eichelberger in Australian newspapers,
1930s–1950s.

166 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Eichelberger. The most, 136, date from the 1950s. New South Wales has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in Queensland, at 1.4 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 71
Queensland 55
Victoria 20
Tasmania 7
South Australia 6
Western Australia 6
ACT (Canberra) 1

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

Who carried it

People named Eichelberger,
with a public archive behind them.

  • W. S. Eichelberger
    W. S. Eichelberger 1865–1951 · astronomer
  • Robert L. Eichelberger
    Robert L. Eichelberger 1886–1961 · military personnel
  • Charles B. Eichelberger
    Charles B. Eichelberger 1934–2021 · military officer
  • Charles Bell 1854–1896 · clown
  • Robert A. Eichelberger 1861–1890 · artist
  • Clark Eichelberger 1896–1980 · politician

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 Eichelberger,
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 States353 records

353 records of the Eichelberger name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 202
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 69
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 38
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 20
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 13
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 8
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Kenneth L. Eichelberger

    Born 1919 in Illinois. Enlisted 1942 at Camp Grant; auto mechanic from Whiteside County. U.S. Army Air Forces veteran of World War II; died 1997, buried at Riverside Cemetery, Sterling, Illinois.

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

    Arrived at New York in 1853 aboard the John Wesley from Havre, aged 25; farmer. From France; bound for New York.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Stephen John Eichelberger

    Born 1946; from Fargo, North Dakota. U.S. Marine Corps, assaultman; killed in action 1967 in Quang Tri, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)

Showing 3 of 353 records for Eichelberger in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · 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) · 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: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain).

Germany47 records

47 records of the Eichelberger name in Germany Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Otto Eichelberger

    From Gumberta, Roda. Reported dead in the Prussian casualty list of 8 October 1915 (Infantry Regiment No. 26).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  2. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Walter Eichelberger

    From Schlettau, Annaberg. Reported wounded in the Saxon casualty list of 24 February 1917.

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  3. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Jakob Eichelberger

    From Neuhemsbach, Pfalz. Reported wounded in the Bavarian casualty list of 9 May 1917.

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)

Showing 3 of 47 records for Eichelberger in Germany.

Counts: Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (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).

France10 records

10 records of the Eichelberger 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 Marie Salome Eichelberger

    Born 1900 in Colmar (Haut-Rhin); died 1986 in Dorlisheim (Bas-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 Franck Jacky Toussaint Eichelberger

    Born 1959 in Albert (Somme); died 1998 in Digne-les-Bains (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Jean-Pierre Eichelberger

    Born 1929 in Colmar (Haut-Rhin); died 1979 in Jussy (Moselle).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 10 records for Eichelberger 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).

Canada1 record

1 record of the Eichelberger name in Canada Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record William Eichelberger

    Died 1908; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

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

Counts: 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).

Netherlands1 record

1 record of the Eichelberger name in the Netherlands Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths)
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Johanna Felicitas Eichelberger

    Died 1962 in Sittard, aged 62.

    Open Archives, Regionaal Historisch Centrum Limburg (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Switzerland1 record

1 record of the Eichelberger name in Switzerland Zürich marriage records, 16th–18th centuries
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Elisabeth Eichelberger

    Married in 1770 in Bubikon, canton of Zürich; of Krauchthal Be.

    Staatsarchiv des Kantons Zürich, Zürcher Ehedaten (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Staatsarchiv des Kantons Zürich, Zürcher Ehedaten (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

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