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    The surname Hermsen

    A surname, carried by 1,113 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex H652

    Hermsen: #22,978 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Hermsen #22,978, 1,113 people Hermsen: #22,978 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Hermsen #22,978, 1,113 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hermsen is more common than 85.8% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,113 people named Hermsen in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 277,399 Americans. That is up 3.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,074.

    #22,978
    rank among US surnames
    1,113
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.6%
    change since 2000 (was #22,370)

    Who is named Hermsen

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

    96% of people named Hermsen identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.2%
    • Two or more races 1.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Hermsens

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Kleggie Hermsen
      American basketball player (1923-1994)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Hermsen

    Hermsen has the Soundex code H652, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H652.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Hermsen?
    1,113 people in the United States had the surname Hermsen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 277,399 Americans. It ranked 22,978th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Hermsen?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Hermsen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Hermsen?
    Kleggie Hermsen, American basketball player (1923-1994).
    Where is the surname Hermsen most common?
    Wikidata records people named Hermsen in the United States.
    Is the surname Hermsen getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,074 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,113 in 2010, up 3.6%.