Explore the Family Name Earnhardt

The meaning of Earnhardt

Americanized form of German Ehrenhardt, a variant of Ehrhardt.

Dictionary of American Family Names, 2nd edition, © Oxford University Press, 2022.

How common is the last name Earnhardt in the United States?

Based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Earnhardt has seen a slight decrease in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, Earnhardt ranked as the 16,852nd most common surname, with 1,559 occurrences. By 2010, the surname had fallen to the 18,098th position, even though the count of individuals with this name only decreased marginally by 1.28 percent, totaling 1,539 people. The proportion of Earnhardts per 100,000 people also saw a decline of 10.34 percent during this decade.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#16,852	#18,098	-7.39%
Count	1,559	1,539	-1.28%
Proportion per 100k	0.58	0.52	-10.34%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Earnhardt

When observing the ethnic identity associated with the surname Earnhardt, the Decennial U.S. Census data indicates that most individuals identify as White, although this percentage slightly dropped from 98.33 percent in 2000 to 97.34 percent in 2010. The number of Earnhardts identifying as Hispanic experienced an increase of 44.44 percent, bringing the total to 0.65 percent in 2010. Additionally, the surname saw its first instances of identification with Asian/Pacific Islander ethnicity in 2010, albeit a small proportion at 0.45 percent. Those who identified as two or more races increased notably by 141.18 percent, reaching 1.23 percent in 2010. Data for Black and American Indian and Alaskan Native ethnicities was either suppressed for privacy or remained at zero.

	2000	2010	Change
White	98.33%	97.34%	-1.01%
Two or More Races	0.51%	1.23%	141.18%
Hispanic	0.45%	0.65%	44.44%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0.45%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0.38%	0%	0%