How common is the surname Herrin?

7,755 people in the United States had the surname Herrin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 39,812 Americans. It ranked 4,576th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Herrin getting more or less common?

More common. 7,667 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,755 in 2010, up 1.1%.

The surname Herrin

A surname, carried by 7,755 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). Herrin is more common than 97.2% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 7,755 people named Herrin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 39,812 Americans. That is up 1.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,667.

#4,576

rank among US surnames

7,755

people in 2010

2.6

per 100,000 Americans

+1.1%

change since 2000 (was #4,284)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,569	Sperry	7,760	39,787
#4,571	Leroy	7,759	39,792
#4,573	Ashe	7,756	39,807
#4,576	Herrin	7,755	39,812
#4,577	Brogan	7,754	39,818

Who is named Herrin

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

90% of people named Herrin identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.0% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 90%
Black (not Hispanic) 6.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
Two or more races 1.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Herrin

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

Questions

How common is the surname Herrin?: 7,755 people in the United States had the surname Herrin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 39,812 Americans. It ranked 4,576th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Herrin?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Herrin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.0% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Herrin getting more or less common?: More common. 7,667 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,755 in 2010, up 1.1%.