# Hersh (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/hersh/  
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 | Yiddish |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,589 |
| US rank (2010) | 9,104 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 86,026 people |
| Change since 2000 | -2.2% (3,669 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Yiddish הירש (hirsh, “deer”), from Middle High German hirz, from Old High German hiruz, from Proto-West Germanic *herut, from Proto-Germanic *herutaz. Compare hart.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Hersh 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) | 93% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.9% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Hersh in the United States.

## People named Hersh

- Seymour Hersh, American investigative journalist (born 1937)
- Kristin Hersh, American musician
- Reuben Hersh, American mathematician (1927–2020)

## Similar surnames

Hershey, Harsh, Hirsh, Hursh, Hirsch, Hersey, Hiers, Heras, Herz, Harsch, Harris, Herrick.

## 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.