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    The surname Herdt

    A German surname, carried by 662 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex H630

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Herdt is more common than 78.9% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    * As a south German surname, from the adjective hart (“hard”), also the noun Herd (“hearth”). * Also as a German surname, shortened from the personal name Herto, itself from the root of hart. * As a Dutch surname, spelling variant of Herd, from hert (“stag”).

    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 662 people named Herdt in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 466,383 Americans. That is down 7.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 715.

    #34,272
    rank among US surnames
    662
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    -7.4%
    change since 2000 (was #30,753)

    Who is named Herdt

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

    94% of people named Herdt identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.2%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Herdt

    Herdt has the Soundex code H630, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H630.

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Herdt come from?
    * As a south German surname, from the adjective hart (“hard”), also the noun Herd (“hearth”). * Also as a German surname, shortened from the personal name Herto, itself from the root of hart. * As a Dutch surname, spelling variant of Herd, from hert (“stag”).
    How common is the surname Herdt?
    662 people in the United States had the surname Herdt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 466,383 Americans. It ranked 34,272nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Herdt?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Herdt identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Herdt getting more or less common?
    Less common. 715 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 662 in 2010, down 7.4%.