The Eric surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 328 people carried this name — #57,985 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 833,300 people counted.
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In Switzerland’s population statistics
263 people named Eric live in Switzerland.
They live in 13 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 61 people named Eric.
7 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 18 départements, most often Aisne.
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.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Eric.
- Erdem 138 · U.S. census
- Erdmann 4,005 · U.S. census
- Erdogan 167 · U.S. census
- Erhard 951 · U.S. census
- Erhardt 2,173 · U.S. census
- Erhart 1,601 · U.S. census
- Erlich 774 · U.S. census
- Erman 700 · U.S. census
- Ermel 310 · U.S. census
- Ernandez 761 · U.S. census
- Ernenwein 112 · U.S. census
- Ernest 4,694 · U.S. census
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