Explore the Family Name Eis

The meaning of Eis

German: from the ancient Germanic personal name Iso (from īsan ‘iron’).

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

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

The surname Eis held the rank of 37,728 in popularity based on the Decennial U.S. Census data from 2000 and dropped slightly to the rank of 39,607 by 2010. This indicates a modest decline in popularity of approximately 4.98%. Despite this drop in rank, the count of individuals bearing the surname Eis remained relatively stable with only a minimal increase from 554 in 2000 to 555 in 2010. Proportionally, the occurrence of the name Eis per 100,000 people also decreased by about 9.52% during the same period.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#37,728	#39,607	-4.98%
Count	554	555	0.18%
Proportion per 100k	0.21	0.19	-9.52%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Eis

Analyzing the ethnic identity associated with the surname Eis, the Decennial U.S. Census data shows that most individuals with this surname identified as White in both 2000 and 2010. However, there was a slight decrease in the proportion of individuals identifying as White, falling from 94.95% in 2000 to 93.69% in 2010. Interestingly, the percentage of individuals identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander saw a significant increase from 1.44% to 3.42%. The data also reveals that the proportion of people identifying as Hispanic went down by 33.64%, while the number of people identifying as Black or American Indian and Alaskan Native was suppressed or remained at zero for privacy reasons. There was also a new emergence of individuals identifying with two or more races in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
White	94.95%	93.69%	-1.33%
Asian/Pacific Islander	1.44%	3.42%	137.5%
Hispanic	2.17%	1.44%	-33.64%
Two or More Races	0%	1.26%	0%
Black	0.9%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%