The Erhardt surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,164 people carried this name — #13,949 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 137,000 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (2,173).
What the name means
The meaning of the Erhardt surname
A surname transferred from the given name.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Erhardt» (German), 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 534 people named Erhardt 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.
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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 161 people named Erhardt.
20 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 14 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
124 people named Erhardt live in Switzerland.
They live in 8 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 Poland’s population register
75 people named Erhardt have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 95 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 3 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Lower Silesian.
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
56 people named Erhardt 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
Erhardt in American newspapers,
1880–1911.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 12,385 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Erhardt,
with a public archive behind them.
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Jakob Erhardt 1823–1901 · missionary -
Werner Erhardt d. 1972 · physician
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Ellen Erhardt d. 2015 · aristocrat
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Johann Baptist Erhardt 1638–1694 · theologian
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Carl Heinrich Wilhelm Erhardt 1787–1841 · local government officer
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Eduard Erhard 1799–1832 · painter
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Erhardt.
- Ercole 380 · U.S. census
- Ercoli 265 · U.S. census
- Erdem 228 · U.S. census
- Erdmann 4,085 · U.S. census
- Erdogan 261 · U.S. census
- Erhard 994 · U.S. census
- Erhart 1,547 · U.S. census
- Eric 355 · U.S. census
- Erlich 765 · U.S. census
- Erman 668 · U.S. census
- Ermel 306 · U.S. census
- Ernandez 849 · U.S. census
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