Explore the Family Name Ehresmann

The meaning of Ehresmann

South German and Swiss German: variant of Ehrismann, from the ancient Germanic personal name Erizo, based on Old High German ēra ‘honor’, + man ‘man’. Some characteristic forenames: German Ewald, Reinhold.

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

The surname Ehresmann holds a position as the 67,519th most popular last name in the United States, a slight drop in rank by 1.88% from the 66,274th position it occupied in 2000, according to the Decennial U.S. Census data. Despite this marginal decrease in rank, the number of individuals bearing the Ehresmann surname has increased by 4.66% over the same period, with the count rising from 279 in 2000 to 292 in 2010. This means that for every 100,000 people in the U.S., approximately 0.1 have the surname Ehresmann, a proportion that remained consistent between 2000 and 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#66,274	#67,519	-1.88%
Count	279	292	4.66%
Proportion per 100k	0.1	0.1	0%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Ehresmann

In terms of ethnic identity, the Ehresmann surname is primarily associated with White individuals, who accounted for 95.89% of all bearers of the name in 2010, down slightly from 97.13% in 2000, as per the Decennial U.S. Census data. The second most common ethnicity associated with the Ehresmann surname is Hispanic, which increased significantly from 2.15% in 2000 to 3.08% in 2010. It's worth noting that there were no recorded instances of the Ehresmann surname among individuals identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, or American Indian/Alaskan Native during these census years.

	2000	2010	Change
White	97.13%	95.89%	-1.28%
Hispanic	2.15%	3.08%	43.26%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%