How common is the surname Herring?

38,733 people in the United States had the surname Herring in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 7,971 Americans. It ranked 894th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Herring?

Conyers Herring, American physicist (1914–2009), followed by Aggie Herring.

Where is the surname Herring most common?

Wikidata records people named Herring in the United States, Australia and the Kingdom of Great Britain and 1 other country.

Is the surname Herring getting more or less common?

More common. 37,353 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 38,733 in 2010, up 3.7%.

The surname Herring

A surname, carried by 38,733 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H652

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Herring is more common than 99.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 38,733 people named Herring in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 7,971 Americans. That is up 3.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 37,353.

#894

rank among US surnames

38,733

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+3.7%

change since 2000 (was #841)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#885	Case	39,319	7,852
#886	Sampson	39,277	7,861
#887	Moses	39,216	7,873
#888	Magana	39,105	7,895
#889	Blackburn	39,097	7,897
#890	Dunlap	39,063	7,904
#891	Gould	38,924	7,932

Who is named Herring

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

73% of people named Herring identified as white (not Hispanic), 22% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 73%
Black (not Hispanic) 22%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 2.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Herrings

14 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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, 1892–1982
Hank Herring
American boxer (1922–1999)
Mark Herring
American lawyer and politician, born 1961
Heath Herring
American martial artist, born 1978
Jamel Herring
American boxer, born 1985
Joanne Herring
American businesswoman, activist and diplomat, born 1929
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, 1693–1757

Notable Herrings come mostly from the United States (11), Australia (1) and the Kingdom of Great Britain (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Herring

Herring has the Soundex code H652, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H652.

Questions

How common is the surname Herring?: 38,733 people in the United States had the surname Herring in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 7,971 Americans. It ranked 894th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Herring?: In the 2010 Census, 73% of people named Herring identified as white (not Hispanic), and 22% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Herring?: Conyers Herring, American physicist (1914–2009), followed by Aggie Herring.
Where is the surname Herring most common?: Wikidata records people named Herring in the United States, Australia and the Kingdom of Great Britain and 1 other country.
Is the surname Herring getting more or less common?: More common. 37,353 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 38,733 in 2010, up 3.7%.