# Herrington (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/herrington/  
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) | 14,498 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,491 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 21,296 people |
| Change since 2000 | +6.4% (13,628 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Herrington 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) | 85% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 10% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 1.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Herrington in the United States and Australia.

## People named Herrington

- Billy Herrington, American pornographic actor (1969–2018)
- John Herrington, American astronaut
- Lucas Herrington, Australian soccer player
- John S. Herrington, American politician

## Similar surnames

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