# Herring (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/herring/  
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) | 38,733 |
| US rank (2010) | 894 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 7,971 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.7% (37,353 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Herring 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) | 73% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 22% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 2.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Herring in the United States, Australia, the Kingdom of Great Britain and the United Kingdom.

## People named Herring

- Conyers Herring, American physicist (1914–2009)
- Aggie Herring, actress (1876-1939)
- Edmund Herring, Australian Army general during World War II and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Vict
- Hank Herring, American boxer (1922–1999)
- Mark Herring, American lawyer and politician
- Heath Herring, American martial artist
- Jamel Herring, American boxer
- Joanne Herring, American businesswoman, activist and diplomat
- Clyde L. Herring, American politician (1879-1945)
- Vincent Herring, American jazz musician (born 1964)
- Lynn Herring, American soap opera actress (born 1958)
- Thomas Herring, Archbishop of Canterbury

and 2 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Hering, Haring, Harring, Harrington, Herrington, Harms, Hornsby, Hermosillo, Harness, Hermes, Harnish, Hornick.

## 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.