Ernster

See also: ernster

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Ernster, a Jewish Ashkenazi surname.

Proper noun

Ernster (plural Ernsters)

1. A surname from German.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Ernster is the 37591^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 592 individuals. Ernster is most common among White (96.62%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Ernster”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 533.