How common is the surname Herod?

2,406 people in the United States had the surname Herod in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 128,323 Americans. It ranked 12,817th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Herod getting more or less common?

More common. 2,356 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,406 in 2010, up 2.1%.

The surname Herod

A surname, carried by 2,406 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H630

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Herod is more common than 92.1% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,406 people named Herod in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 128,323 Americans. That is up 2.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,356.

#12,817

rank among US surnames

2,406

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+2.1%

change since 2000 (was #12,139)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,812	Benard	2,407	128,270
#12,817	Carew	2,406	128,323
#12,821	Brugger	2,405	128,377
#12,825	Grays	2,404	128,430

Who is named Herod

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

69% of people named Herod identified as white (not Hispanic), 25% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 69%
Black (not Hispanic) 25%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
Two or more races 2.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Herod

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

Questions

How common is the surname Herod?: 2,406 people in the United States had the surname Herod in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 128,323 Americans. It ranked 12,817th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Herod?: In the 2010 Census, 69% of people named Herod identified as white (not Hispanic), and 25% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Herod getting more or less common?: More common. 2,356 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,406 in 2010, up 2.1%.