Eigen
surname · English · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Eigen is a surname, most frequently recorded in the United States. It appears chiefly in English and German, written in the Latin script.
- USUnited States1 in 847K◐
- DEGermany1 in 151K
- GBUnited Kingdom1 in 1.9M
carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world●
| Country | Share of this name | |
|---|---|---|
| US United States | 3,130 | 72% |
| DE Germany | 652 | 15% |
| GB United Kingdom | 102 | 2% |
| BR Brazil | 55 | 1% |
| FR France | 37 | 1% |
≈3,976 recorded bearers across the countries shown (a sample of the full distribution).
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.
Languages●
- English3.3K76%
- German73817%
- Spanish882%
- Portuguese742%
- Arabic391%
Show as table
| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| English | 3,294 | 76% |
| German | 738 | 17% |
| Spanish | 88 | 2% |
| Portuguese | 74 | 2% |
| Arabic | 39 | 1% |
Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.
Notable people with this name●
- Manfred Eigenb. 1927DEGerman biophysical chemist (1927-2019)
- Karl Eigenb. 1927DEGerman politician (1927-2016)
- Michael Eigenb. 1936USpsychologist and psychoanalyst
- Peter Eigenb. 1938DEGerman lawyer
- Horst Eigenb. 1942DEGerman artist (born 1942)
- Haruka Eigenb. 1946JPJapanese professional wrestler and rikishi (1946–2016)
- Gerald Eigenb. 1952USAmerican physicist
- Frauke Eigenb. 1969DEphotographer (born 1969)
- Saint EigenGBvery early Welsh saint
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence●
Attested in 11 sources across 7 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 244 | #83,139 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 238 | #75,466 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 210 | #88,336 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 44 | #114,634 |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 11 | #56,728 |
| BE Belgium | Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register) | 2008 | 1 | #200,153 |
| CR Costa Rica | TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names | — | 1 | #19,060 |
| EE Estonia | Siseministeerium — population register name list 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| ES Spain | Nombres de Persona en Español (Becker, 2004) | — | — | — |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames (Census 2010 + voter-file supplement) | — | — | — |
Reference works 1
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-09-06 data build · 10 rows in the corpus for this spelling.
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Eigen?
- Our records include 3,976 bearers of Eigen across 5 countries — a sample of the full distribution.
- In which country does Eigen have the most bearers?
- Eigen is most frequently recorded in the United States.
Query this name via API
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About this data
Data snapshot . Figures are rebuilt periodically and will change.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Eigen”. Data snapshot 2026-08-31.