How common is the surname Hersh?

3,589 people in the United States had the surname Hersh in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 86,026 Americans. It ranked 9,104th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Hersh?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Hersh identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Hersh?

Seymour Hersh, American investigative journalist (born 1937), followed by Kristin Hersh.

Where is the surname Hersh most common?

Wikidata records people named Hersh in the United States.

Is the surname Hersh getting more or less common?

Less common. 3,669 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,589 in 2010, down 2.2%.

The surname Hersh

A Yiddish surname, carried by 3,589 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex H620

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hersh is more common than 94.4% of them.

Origin

Yiddish origin

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.

One of 31 Yiddish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,589 people named Hersh in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 86,026 Americans. That is down 2.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,669.

#9,104

rank among US surnames

3,589

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

-2.2%

change since 2000 (was #8,302)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,097	Sale	3,591	85,978
#9,100	Blow	3,590	86,002
#9,104	Pavon	3,589	86,026
#9,108	Wiest	3,588	86,049
#9,112	Springfield	3,586	86,097
#9,113	Vanhoose	3,585	86,121

Who is named Hersh

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

93% of people named Hersh identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.9% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.6%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Hershs

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Seymour Hersh
American investigative journalist (born 1937)
Kristin Hersh
American musician, born 1966
Reuben Hersh
American mathematician (1927–2020)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Hersh

Hersh has the Soundex code H620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H620.

Other Yiddish surnames

All 31 Yiddish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Hersh come from?: 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.
How common is the surname Hersh?: 3,589 people in the United States had the surname Hersh in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 86,026 Americans. It ranked 9,104th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hersh?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Hersh identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Hersh?: Seymour Hersh, American investigative journalist (born 1937), followed by Kristin Hersh.
Where is the surname Hersh most common?: Wikidata records people named Hersh in the United States.
Is the surname Hersh getting more or less common?: Less common. 3,669 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,589 in 2010, down 2.2%.