How common is the surname Herren?

4,466 people in the United States had the surname Herren in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 69,132 Americans. It ranked 7,463rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Herren?

In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Herren identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Herren?

Chris Herren, American basketball player (born 1975), followed by Scott Herren.

Where is the surname Herren most common?

Wikidata records people named Herren in the United States.

Is the surname Herren getting more or less common?

More common. 4,275 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,466 in 2010, up 4.5%.

The surname Herren

A German surname, carried by 4,466 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H650

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Herren is more common than 95.4% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Herren.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,466 people named Herren in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 69,132 Americans. That is up 4.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,275.

#7,463

rank among US surnames

4,466

people in 2010

1.5

per 100,000 Americans

+4.5%

change since 2000 (was #7,202)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,457	Bessette	4,469	69,086
#7,459	Swaney	4,468	69,102
#7,461	Shockey	4,467	69,117
#7,463	Herren	4,466	69,132
#7,465	Boyett	4,465	69,148
#7,466	Hance	4,464	69,163

Who is named Herren

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

90% of people named Herren identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.4% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 90%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.4%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Herrens

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Chris Herren
American basketball player (born 1975)
Scott Herren
American hip hop producer from Georgia, born 1976

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Herren

Herren has the Soundex code H650, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H650.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Herren come from?: Borrowed from German Herren.
How common is the surname Herren?: 4,466 people in the United States had the surname Herren in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 69,132 Americans. It ranked 7,463rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Herren?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Herren identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Herren?: Chris Herren, American basketball player (born 1975), followed by Scott Herren.
Where is the surname Herren most common?: Wikidata records people named Herren in the United States.
Is the surname Herren getting more or less common?: More common. 4,275 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,466 in 2010, up 4.5%.