How common is the surname Herrick?

12,202 people in the United States had the surname Herrick in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 25,303 Americans. It ranked 2,940th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Herrick?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Herrick identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Herrick getting more or less common?

More common. 12,002 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 12,202 in 2010, up 1.7%.

The surname Herrick

A patronymic surname, carried by 12,202 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H620

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Herrick is more common than 98.2% of them.

Origin

* As an English surname, from Old Norse Eiríkr. * As a Dutch surname, from an assimilated Dutch form of Henry (also see Henrick), or from the Germanic elements *harjaz (“army”) + *rīks (“ruler”). * As an Irish surname, from Ó hEirc, "descendant of Earc," from earc (“speckled”). Compare Harkin from Ó hEarcáin.

Herrick is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 12,202 people named Herrick in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 25,303 Americans. That is up 1.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 12,002.

#2,940

rank among US surnames

12,202

people in 2010

4.1

per 100,000 Americans

+1.7%

change since 2000 (was #2,759)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,931	Loya	12,232	25,241
#2,932	Ragsdale	12,227	25,251
#2,933	Mace	12,222	25,261
#2,934	Brubaker	12,218	25,270
#2,936	Curley	12,211	25,284
#2,937	Graber	12,204	25,299
#2,939	Farnsworth	12,203	25,301

Who is named Herrick

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

95% of people named Herrick identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Herrick

Herwig

Herrick has the Soundex code H620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H620.

Questions

Where does the surname Herrick come from?: * As an English surname, from Old Norse Eiríkr. * As a Dutch surname, from an assimilated Dutch form of Henry (also see Henrick), or from the Germanic elements *harjaz (“army”) + *rīks (“ruler”). * As an Irish surname, from Ó hEirc, "descendant of Earc," from earc (“speckled”). Compare Harkin from…
How common is the surname Herrick?: 12,202 people in the United States had the surname Herrick in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 25,303 Americans. It ranked 2,940th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Herrick?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Herrick identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
What type of surname is Herrick?: Herrick is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Herrick getting more or less common?: More common. 12,002 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 12,202 in 2010, up 1.7%.