Explore the Family Name Earnhart

The meaning of Earnhart

Americanized form of German Ehrenhardt, a variant of Ehrhardt.

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

According to the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the Earnhart surname has slightly decreased in the United States between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it ranked 21,381 among all surnames, but by 2010, it had dropped to rank 22,924, a change of -7.22%. In terms of absolute numbers, there were 1,141 individuals with the surname Earnhart in 2000 and this number fell to 1,116 by 2010, marking a decrease of -2.19%. Proportionally, for every 100,000 people in the US, there were 0.42 named Earnhart in 2000, and this proportion reduced to 0.38 in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#21,381	#22,924	-7.22%
Count	1,141	1,116	-2.19%
Proportion per 100k	0.42	0.38	-9.52%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Earnhart

Regarding the ethnic identity associated with the Earnhart surname, the data from the Decennial U.S. Census shows some shifts between 2000 and 2010. The majority identifying as White decreased slightly from 95.79% to 94.62%. Meanwhile, those identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander increased by 43.18%, moving from 0.44% to 0.63%. The percentage identifying as two or more races also saw a significant increase, at 61.90%, going from 1.05% to 1.70%. The proportion of Hispanic identifiers decreased by 24.75%, from 2.02% to 1.52%. There was no data available for Black identifiers in 2000, but by 2010, they made up 0.54% of the Earnharts. Similarly, American Indian and Alaskan Native identifiers were not recorded in 2000, but represented 0.99% by 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
White	95.79%	94.62%	-1.22%
Two or More Races	1.05%	1.7%	61.9%
Hispanic	2.02%	1.52%	-24.75%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0.99%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.44%	0.63%	43.18%
Black	0%	0.54%	0%