Eckehard Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Brazil

Eckehard Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Eckehard Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

Eckehard (4,112) may also be a first name.

Eckehard Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Eckehard Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Eckehard is most common in Brazil. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Eckehard? popularity and diffusion

Eckehard is the 8,193,072nd most frequently held family name internationally, held by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. This surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 80 percent of Eckehard live; 80 percent live in South America and 80 percent live in Luso-South America. Eckehard is also the 108,507th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world, borne by 4,112 people.

This last name is most frequently held in Brazil, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 53,518,583. In Brazil it is most frequent in: Pernambuco, where 25 percent are found, Rio de Janeiro, where 25 percent are found and Santa Catarina, where 25 percent are found. Other than Brazil this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Germany, where 20 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Eckehardt943/
Eckkehard941/
Eckeard9362/
Ekkehard886/
Eckehart881/
Heckeard880/
Ekehardt880/
Eceard861/
Eckhaerdt821/
Eckeart805/
Eckheart7561/
Eckjardt751/
Eckaerdt751/
Ekkeiard751/
Ikeard7125/
Ekierd7117/
Hekkehart711/
Eckiert6717/
Ackeart672/
Eakeerd671/
Eckeert670/
Eckaert670/
Akehart670/
Echeart670/
Ekheart670/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Eckehard
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