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These families will all be related back in Germany. Eberhardt has undergone spelling derivations in Germany and in the US (as well as in other European countries (i.e. France, England, and Netherlands, and Belgium).
The most common spelling is Eberhardt, next is Eberhard. These are followed by Everhard and Everhart. Phonetically, they pretty much all sound the same.
The Eberhardts appear to be most heavily concentrated in the Wurttemberg area today and were likely highly concentrated there for the last several centuries (although there is a sizeable concentration in the area of northern Germany near Schleswig-Holstein.
Click on the following for a map of where Eberhardt's live today in Germany. Simply change the spelling for a new map.
http://www.verwandt.de/karten/absolut/eberhardt.html
Surnames began about 900 - 1000 years ago. The Eberhardt surname is a very old German name. Those with a title would often "hide" their family name as one of their middle names. For example ... this is a made up example ... Karl, Graf (Count) von Wurttemberg would have had a few or more middle names. His family name was one of them. As they left the vicinity, they would often then go by their family name and drop the title especially the lines of the younger siblings since top titles went to the eldest sons.
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