Ernster

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from German Ernster, a Jewish Ashkenazi surname. === Proper noun === Ernster (plural Ernsters) A surname from German. ==== Statistics ==== According to the 2010 United States Census, Ernster is the 37591st 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.