Ekart is used as a family name or surname in Ireland, Scotland. It is 5 characters long in length.
Surname is a form of Urquhart. There are places called Urquhart in the shires of Moray, Inverness, and Ross. The family are traced to Galleroch de Urchart, who lived temp. Alexander II. His descendants were hereditary sheriffs of Cromarty.
Sir Thomas Urquhart, who flourished in the middle of the XVII century, drew up his pedigree, which is one of the finest pieces of fictitious genealogy in existence, commencing with Adam, from whom he makes himself the hundred and forty-third in descent. The local origin of the surname he ignores, and derives it from Ourq hartos, "i.e., the fortunate and well-be loved ," who was fifth in descent from Noah, and married the Queen of the Amazons! Another of his ancestors was the intimate friend of Nimrod, the mighty hunter; another married that daughter of Pharaoh who found Moses in the bulrushes; while another espoused a daughter of Bachus.
The Ekart is the variation of Orchard. Originally meant wyrt-yard (Anglo-Saxon), an enclosure for the growth of wyrts or herbs, rather than of apple-trees, as at present. The original bearers of this name must therefore have been gardeners.
Variant form of the Archard. A provincial pronunciation of orchard.
Family name is form of Urquhart. One who came from Urquhart, i.e., on a wood, the name of several places in Scotland.
The surname is form of the Orchard. Dweller at a fruit garden; corruption of Urquhart, from its early pronunciation; one who came from Orchard, the name of several places in England and one in Scotland.
How popular is Ekart?
Despite the fact that the number of Ekart bearers increased by 5.93 per cent in 2010 US census to 143 since 2000, the surname slipped by 1947 spots and ranked at 120901. The last name was found in merely 5 per ten million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.
| Race | 2010 | 2000 |
|---|---|---|
| White | 97.9 | 98.52 |
Immigrants to US
From Germany
Johann Ekart worked as tailor and hailed from Bavaria. 23 years old embarked for New York from Bremen on Emigrant and arrived on April 22, 1851. 22 years old S. Ekart, Elvina Ekart, aged 17, Emma Ekart, Cathrine Ekart (23) Farmer, Caroline Ekart, Christine Ekart (15), Dore Ekart, Nicolaus Ekart, aged 24, are other Ekart that migrated to US from Bremen, Bremen & Southampton, Havre and Hamburg.