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The Erhart surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,547 people carried this name — #18,036 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 192,300 people counted. That is down 3% from 1,601 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Erhart surname

A surname transferred from the given name.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Erhart» (German), 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 353 people named Erhart.

11 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 21 départements, most often Haut-Rhin.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 11
Haut-Rhin 185
Bas-Rhin 67
Moselle 24
Paris 20
Meurthe-et-Moselle 10
Vosges 6
Marne 5
Territoire de Belfort 5

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

136 people named Erhart live in Switzerland.

They live in 12 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 22
Aargau 19
Basel-Landschaft 19
St. Gallen 18
Bern 15
Basel-Stadt 10
Solothurn 9
Thurgau 7

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 130 people named Erhart 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.

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

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 71
Chaco 38
City of Buenos Aires 21

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

Who carried it

People named Erhart,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Charles F. Erhart
    Charles F. Erhart 1821–1891 · businessperson
  • Bernhard Erhart d. 1517 · sculptor
  • Michel Erhart 1440–1600 · artist
  • Gregor Erhart 1465–1540 · artist
  • Gregor Erhart 1470–1540 · artist
  • Tobias Erhart 1569–1611 · stained-glass artist

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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Surnames next to Erhart.

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