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    The surname Herdman

    A surname, carried by 1,601 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex H635

    Herdman: #17,565 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Herdman #17,565, 1,601 people Herdman: #17,565 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Herdman #17,565, 1,601 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Herdman is more common than 89.2% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,601 people named Herdman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 192,845 Americans. That is up 1.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,576.

    #17,565
    rank among US surnames
    1,601
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.6%
    change since 2000 (was #16,714)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,559Cambridge1,602192,725
    #17,565Herdman1,601192,845
    #17,572Highley1,600192,966

    Who is named Herdman

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

    97% of people named Herdman identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 97%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • Two or more races 0.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Herdmans

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Joshua Herdman
      British actor, born 1987

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Herdman

    Herdman has the Soundex code H635, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H635.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Herdman?
    1,601 people in the United States had the surname Herdman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 192,845 Americans. It ranked 17,565th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Herdman?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Herdman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Herdman?
    Joshua Herdman, British actor.
    Where is the surname Herdman most common?
    Wikidata records people named Herdman in the United Kingdom.
    Is the surname Herdman getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,576 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,601 in 2010, up 1.6%.