Eckerman Coat of Arms and Surname Origin

Eckerman is one more way Ecker has been written over the centuries. The family name meaning is “Dweller on a farm located on a steep slope”, the same as for Ecker. Eckerman adds -man to the root of Ecker, a familiar way of forming related surnames. Spellings drifted because names were written down by ear in parish books, tax rolls and passenger lists. Related forms: Eckmann.

About 718 people in the United States were recorded as Eckerman in 2010, placing it 32,123 on the national list.

Arms linked to Ecker and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to. Want more than a summary? See the Eckerman family name pack.