Frequency: (132)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
German: topographic name for someone who lived near an oak wood, from Middle High German eich(e) ‘oak’ + -ert suffix denoting profusion.
GIVEN NAMES: German 6%. Deiter, Hans, Irmgard.
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