How common is the surname Herold?

5,705 people in the United States had the surname Herold in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 54,118 Americans. It ranked 6,028th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Herold?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Herold identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Herold getting more or less common?

Less common. 5,715 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,705 in 2010, down 0.2%.

The surname Herold

A surname, carried by 5,705 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H643

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Herold is more common than 96.3% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,705 people named Herold in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 54,118 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 5,715.

#6,028

rank among US surnames

5,705

people in 2010

1.9

per 100,000 Americans

-0.2%

change since 2000 (was #5,577)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,022	Campa	5,709	54,080
#6,024	Parkhurst	5,708	54,090
#6,025	Theisen	5,707	54,099
#6,028	Herold	5,705	54,118

Who is named Herold

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

93% of people named Herold identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.0% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Herold

Herold has the Soundex code H643, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H643.

Questions

How common is the surname Herold?: 5,705 people in the United States had the surname Herold in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 54,118 Americans. It ranked 6,028th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Herold?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Herold identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Herold getting more or less common?: Less common. 5,715 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,705 in 2010, down 0.2%.