Eggart is used as a family name or surname in Ireland, England. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Eggart
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Ireland, England
Meaning:

Eggart is form of Agard. See Haggard - 1. According to B.L.G. the family are supposed to be derived from the Ogards of county of Herts. 2. Haggard is a corruption of "hay-garth," a rick yard, and is so employed in Hall and Holinshed, as well as in several provincial dialects. See Garth - A yard, or any small enclosure. Also places in counties Montgomery and Glamorgan. It is a prefix to several names of places

3, and most probably, an ancient baptismal name which occurs in Domesday as Acard and Acardus, and in the Hundred Rolls as Hacgard.

Variation of the Eggert. Descendant of Agihard meaning "sword edge, brave".

Eggart is variant form of Agate. At-the-Gate, of some town or forest; less probably, a sobriquet'applied to a diminutive person, in allusion to the small figures cut in agate for rings.' Nares and Halliw. in voc. "In shape no bigger than an agate stone On the forefinger of an alderian," Romeo and Juliet.

How popular is Eggart?

Eggart is common in United States, Germany.

Eggart is ranked 568522 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Eggarts grew by 23.53 per cent to 210 since 2000 and ranked 88336 after elevating 10434 spots. The last name was found in around 7 per ten million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 83.81 92.94
Hispanic or Latino 12.38 5.29
Others 3.33 0
Eggart is an uncommon last name, few people in United States and Switzerland have the family name. Around 555 people have been found who wears Eggart as their family name. Eggart have bearers in many countries around the world. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with hundreds of Eggart:
89,765 United States284
46,885 Germany140
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
14,875 Peru57
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
51,601 Australia33
25,592 Switzerland25
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
223,652 England6

Immigrants to US

From Germany

10 years old Mary Eggart who was residing in Germany migrated to USA on July 20, 1853 by New York put out from Bremen. Carl Eggart, aged 22, 5 years old Anton Eggart, Carl Eggart (6) Farmer, Catharine Eggart, aged 46, Joseph Eggart (45) Farmer, Farmer Marie-A. Eggart, Sophie Eggart (7) Farmer, 82 years old W. Eggart, and 3 other Eggart around 75% of whom were farmer migrated to US from Hamburg, Havre and Bremen.

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