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

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

Descendant of Agihard meaning "sword edge, brave".

The family name Eggert is a variant 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.

Eggert is variant of the 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.

How popular is Eggert?

Eggert is common in Germany, United States, Brazil, Denmark, Australia, Poland, Canada, Netherlands.

Eggert is ranked 18648 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Eggerts plummeted by 4.4 per cent to 5427 since 2000 and slipped by 690 spots and ranked at 6296. The last name was found in around 2 per hundred thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 95.15 95.9
Hispanic or Latino 2.3 2.18
Others 1.31 0.93
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.63 0.62
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.31 0.18
Black 0.29 0.19
Eggert is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Germany which signifies its Germany provenence. Around 29569 people have been found who wears Eggert as their family name. Eggert is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with ten thousands of Eggert:
478 Germany19,175
Countries with thousands of Eggert:
5,998 United States7,324
7,841 Brazil1,051
Countries with hundreds of Eggert:
1,466 Denmark378
8,540 Australia372
22,750 Poland235
19,131 Canada189
16,665 Netherlands164
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
10,605 Switzerland83
104,173 France74
10,616 Sweden65
4,454 Estonia54
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
56,985 England45
11,804 Finland45
171,933 Russia44
20,048 Israel41
28,936 Austria35
85,708 South Africa30
275,741 Thailand27
5,975 Paraguay17
39,375 Norway11
41,789 Mexico11
78,166 Belgium11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
78,608 Spain10
18,086 Wales9
115,463 Italy8
178,634 Argentina7
12,899 Northern Ireland6
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Immigrants to US

From Germany

Carl Eggert worked as farmer and hailed from Mecklenburg. 12 years old embarked for USA from Hamburg on Southerner and arrived on September 2, 1852. Dorothea Eggert (49) Farmer, 7 years old Friedrike Eggert, Weaver Johann Eggert, Ludwig Eggert, 38 years old Fr. Eggert, 39 years old Fred. Eggert, 22 years old Sophie-Frieder.Luise Eggert, Laborer A. Eggert, and 828 other Eggert around 44.36% of whom were farmer while others worked as weaver and joiner, servant, laborer, smith, daughter, bricklayer, merchant, mason, tailor, miller, carpenter, shoemaker, butcher, cook, turner, seaman, clerk, engineer, painter, undefined code, coachman, miner, spinster, gardener migrated to US.

Eggert Namesakes

  • Maren Eggert, German actress
  • Joachim Nicolas Eggert, Swedish composer and musical director
  • Moritz Eggert, German composer and pianist
  • Elmer Eggert, Listed at, 160 lb
  • Nicole Eggert, American actress

Eggert Namesakes

  • Maren Eggert, German actress
  • Joachim Nicolas Eggert, Swedish composer and musical director
  • Moritz Eggert, German composer and pianist
  • Elmer Eggert, Listed at, 160 lb
  • Nicole Eggert, American actress

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