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    The surname Hermansen

    A surname, carried by 1,085 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex H655

    Hermansen: #23,432 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Hermansen #23,432, 1,085 people Hermansen: #23,432 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Hermansen #23,432, 1,085 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hermansen is more common than 85.6% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,085 people named Hermansen in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 284,558 Americans. That is down 9.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,196.

    #23,432
    rank among US surnames
    1,085
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    -9.3%
    change since 2000 (was #20,589)

    Who is named Hermansen

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

    96% of people named Hermansen identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.0% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • Two or more races 1.0%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Hermansen

    Hermansen has the Soundex code H655, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H655.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Hermansen?
    1,085 people in the United States had the surname Hermansen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 284,558 Americans. It ranked 23,432nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Hermansen?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Hermansen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Hermansen getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,196 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,085 in 2010, down 9.3%.