Eckman
A surname of Germanic form, likely built from a personal name or an occupational byname ending in -man.
The #6,851 most common surname in the United States (2010 Census) — about 1 in every 62,830 Americans shares it.
Etymology
The name Eckman is most likely German in form. The first element may come from Eck, a word used in German for an edge, corner, or pointed place, or it may be a shortened form of a personal name beginning with Eck-. The ending -man is a common surname suffix meaning "man" or "person," often used in occupational, descriptive, or family-based surnames.
History
The excerpt provided only shows Eckman listed alongside other surnames, so it does not give a direct etymology. In English-speaking countries, Eckman is usually treated as a German or German-American surname, and its modern distribution in the United States is consistent with immigration-era adoption and preservation of German family names.
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Fun fact
In surname history, the ending -man is so common that it often makes German surnames look more transparent in English than they really are.
From the historical record
“Ecker, p. 314 Eckert, p. 303 Eckman, p. 314 Edinger, p. 304 Effinger, p. 314 Eggbrecht, p. 303 Eggert, p. 303 Egle=Egli,”
— Studies in Pennsylvania German Family Names