Last Name ECCLES

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Meaning Local: Of Eccles, an ancient parish near Manchester, later a suburb of the city; also, 'a parish in county Norfolk, near Stalham.' Both places became parents of the surname.
A church, from the Greek an assembly, a church, Gaelic 'eaglais,' Cornish British, 'Egles' and 'Eglas.'
Origin English, Jewish, Irish, Falkland

Rank 10,159 (2000 US census) 8,145 (1990 US census)
Count 2,916 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 85.63%, or 2497 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 10.01%, or 292 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.89%, or 26 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.41%, or 12 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.58%, or 46 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.47%, or 43 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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