How common is the surname Herbst?

8,419 people in the United States had the surname Herbst in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 36,672 Americans. It ranked 4,208th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Herbst?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Herbst identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Herbst?

Reinfried Herbst, Austrian Alpine skier, followed by Rebecca Herbst.

Where is the surname Herbst most common?

Wikidata records people named Herbst in the United States and Austria.

Is the surname Herbst getting more or less common?

More common. 8,093 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,419 in 2010, up 4.0%.

The surname Herbst

A German surname, carried by 8,419 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex H612

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Herbst is more common than 97.4% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Herbst. Doublet of harvest.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 8,419 people named Herbst in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 36,672 Americans. That is up 4.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,093.

#4,208

rank among US surnames

8,419

people in 2010

2.9

per 100,000 Americans

+4%

change since 2000 (was #4,028)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,199	Hylton	8,440	36,581
#4,200	Begley	8,435	36,603
#4,201	Macedo	8,433	36,612
#4,203	Baeza	8,432	36,616
#4,204	Seidel	8,430	36,625
#4,205	Snipes	8,428	36,633
#4,206	Sandlin	8,421	36,664

Who is named Herbst

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

96% of people named Herbst identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Herbsts

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Reinfried Herbst
Austrian Alpine skier, born 1978
Rebecca Herbst
American actress (born 1977)
John E. Herbst
American diplomat, born 1952
Josephine Herbst
American writer (1892-1969)

Notable Herbsts come mostly from the United States (3) and Austria (1).

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Herbst come from?: Borrowed from German Herbst. Doublet of harvest.
How common is the surname Herbst?: 8,419 people in the United States had the surname Herbst in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 36,672 Americans. It ranked 4,208th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Herbst?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Herbst identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Herbst?: Reinfried Herbst, Austrian Alpine skier, followed by Rebecca Herbst.
Where is the surname Herbst most common?: Wikidata records people named Herbst in the United States and Austria.
Is the surname Herbst getting more or less common?: More common. 8,093 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,419 in 2010, up 4.0%.