What ethnicity do you think the last name "Eden" is?

Question:

What ethnicity do you think the last name "Eden" is?

My last name is Eden.
My mom's maiden name is Johannigmeier and my Dad's mom's name is Kaschinchnka. (I think that's how it's spelled)

So what is Eden?

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: I found two different origins for the last name Eden:

GERMAN

Spelling variations of this family name include: Eder, Edder, Edden, Edah, Aeder, Aedar, Edar, Ayder, Eden, Edens, Edel, Edere, Edle, Aeden, Aedere and many more.

First found in Silesia, where in medieval times the name Eden was closely associated to the social and political advancements of the region's feudal society.

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Alice Eden, age 17; who arrived in Salem, Mass. in 1637. John Edden settled in Virginia in 1642; Thomas Eden settled in Maryland in 1668; Richard Eden settled in Nova Scotia in 1749.

ENGLISH

The name Eden first arose amongst the Anglo-Saxon tribes of Britain. It is derived from their having lived in the region of Eden in Durham. The surname Eden is a topographic surname, which was given to a person who resided near a physical feature such as a hill, stream, church, or type of tree. Habitation names form the other broad category of surnames that were derived from place-names. They were derived from pre-existing names for towns, villages, parishes, or farmsteads. Other local names are derived from the names of houses, manors, estates, regions, and entire counties. As a general rule, the greater the distance between an individual and their homeland, the larger the territory they were named after. For example, a person who only moved to another parish would be known by the name of their original village, while people who migrated to a different country were often known by the name of a region or country from which they came.

Spelling variations of this family name include: Eden, Edin, Edden, Edens and others.

First found in Suffolk where they were seated from very ancient times, some say well before the Norman Conquest and the arrival of Duke William at Hastings in 1066 A.D.

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: the senior branch of the Edens who migrated to Maryland in the Colonies. They were from the West Auckland branch in Durham. The same branch produced the Lords Auckland in Ireland who were the 37th ranking nobles of Ireland. Individuals who arrived in North America included Alice Eden, who came to Boston in 1637.