How common is the surname Herrmann?

13,226 people in the United States had the surname Herrmann in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 23,344 Americans. It ranked 2,723rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Herrmann?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Herrmann identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Herrmann?

Bernard Herrmann, American composer and conductor (1911-1975), followed by Edward Herrmann.

Where is the surname Herrmann most common?

Wikidata records people named Herrmann in the United States, Brazil and Spain.

Is the surname Herrmann getting more or less common?

More common. 13,056 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 13,226 in 2010, up 1.3%.

The surname Herrmann

A surname, carried by 13,226 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H655

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Herrmann is more common than 98.3% of them.

Origin

From the German surname, variant of Hermann.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 13,226 people named Herrmann in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 23,344 Americans. That is up 1.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 13,056.

#2,723

rank among US surnames

13,226

people in 2010

4.5

per 100,000 Americans

+1.3%

change since 2000 (was #2,541)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,714	Felder	13,257	23,289
#2,715	Jameson	13,255	23,293
#2,716	Wahl	13,253	23,296
#2,717	Archuleta	13,248	23,305
#2,719	Seaman	13,237	23,324
#2,720	Myrick	13,236	23,326
#2,721	Kwon	13,235	23,328

Who is named Herrmann

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

95% of people named Herrmann identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Herrmanns

6 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Bernard Herrmann
American composer and conductor (1911-1975)
Edward Herrmann
American actor, director (1943–2014)
Walter Herrmann
Argentine basketball player (born 1979)
Emanuel Herrmann
Austrian national economist (1839-1902)
Graciele Herrmann
Brazilian Swimmer, born 1992
Laura Pigossi
Brazilian tennis player, born 1994

Notable Herrmanns come mostly from the United States (2), Brazil (2) and Spain (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Herrmann

Herrmann has the Soundex code H655, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H655.

Questions

Where does the surname Herrmann come from?: From the German surname, variant of Hermann.
How common is the surname Herrmann?: 13,226 people in the United States had the surname Herrmann in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 23,344 Americans. It ranked 2,723rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Herrmann?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Herrmann identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Herrmann?: Bernard Herrmann, American composer and conductor (1911-1975), followed by Edward Herrmann.
Where is the surname Herrmann most common?: Wikidata records people named Herrmann in the United States, Brazil and Spain.
Is the surname Herrmann getting more or less common?: More common. 13,056 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 13,226 in 2010, up 1.3%.