The surname Herder
A surname, carried by 1,220 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex H636
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,220 people named Herder in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 253,070 Americans. That is down 5.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,290.
#21,429
rank among US surnames
1,220
people in 2010
0.4
per 100,000 Americans
-5.4%
change since 2000 (was #19,411)
Who is named Herder
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
76% of people named Herder identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.4% as Black (not Hispanic) and 9.3% as American Indian and Alaska Native.
- White (not Hispanic) 76%
- Black (not Hispanic) 9.4%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 9.3%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.4%
- Two or more races 1.6%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Herder
Herder has the Soundex code H636, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H636.
Questions
- How common is the surname Herder?
- 1,220 people in the United States had the surname Herder in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 253,070 Americans. It ranked 21,429th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Herder?
- In the 2010 Census, 76% of people named Herder identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.4% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Herder getting more or less common?
- Less common. 1,290 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,220 in 2010, down 5.4%.