The surname Hering
A German surname, carried by 3,344 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex H652
Origin
German origin
From German Hering, from Middle High German hærinc, both meaning herring.
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 3,344 people named Hering in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 92,328 Americans. That is up 7.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,100.
Who is named Hering
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
94% of people named Hering identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as Black (not Hispanic).
- White (not Hispanic) 94%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
- Black (not Hispanic) 1.7%
- Two or more races 1.1%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Hering has the Soundex code H652, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H652.
Other German surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Hering come from?
- From German Hering, from Middle High German hærinc, both meaning herring.
- How common is the surname Hering?
- 3,344 people in the United States had the surname Hering in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 92,328 Americans. It ranked 9,701st of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Hering?
- In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Hering identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- Is the surname Hering getting more or less common?
- More common. 3,100 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,344 in 2010, up 7.9%.