# Herr (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/herr/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 11,980 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,990 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 25,772 people |
| Change since 2000 | -3.9% (12,466 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

As a title and German and Jewish surname (also found in Hungary and France), from the noun Herr (“gentleman, sir”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Herr in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 90% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 5.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 1.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Herr in the United States and Belgium.

## People named Herr

- Michael Herr, American war correspondent, screenwriter (1940-2016)
- Hugh Herr, American bioengineer
- Michel Herr, Belgian jazz pianiste, composer and arranger

## Similar surnames

Her, Harr, Heuer, Heer, Heier, Heyer, Hyer, Hehir, Hare, Haro, Harry, Hair.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.