How common is the surname Hershey?

6,182 people in the United States had the surname Hershey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 49,943 Americans. It ranked 5,623rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Hershey?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Hershey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Hershey?

Barbara Hershey, American actress, followed by Alfred Hershey.

Where is the surname Hershey most common?

Wikidata records people named Hershey in the United States.

How do you pronounce Hershey?

Hershey is /ˈhɝʃi/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Hershey getting more or less common?

More common. 5,951 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,182 in 2010, up 3.9%.

The surname Hershey

A surname, carried by 6,182 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈhɝʃi/ 2 syllables Soundex H620

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hershey is more common than 96.5% of them.

Origin

From Hercé in Normandy. The villages are named after The Hershey Company, which is named after its founder, Milton S. Hershey.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 6,182 people named Hershey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 49,943 Americans. That is up 3.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,951.

#5,623

rank among US surnames

6,182

people in 2010

2.1

per 100,000 Americans

+3.9%

change since 2000 (was #5,387)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,617	Atchley	6,187	49,902
#5,619	Tapp	6,186	49,910
#5,622	Geisler	6,185	49,918
#5,623	Hershey	6,182	49,943

Who is named Hershey

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

95% of people named Hershey identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
Two or more races 1.1%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Hersheys

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Barbara Hershey
American actress, born 1948
Alfred Hershey
American chemist (1908–1997)
Milton S. Hershey
American businessman (1857-1945)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Hershey

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

Questions

Where does the surname Hershey come from?: From Hercé in Normandy. The villages are named after The Hershey Company, which is named after its founder, Milton S. Hershey.
How common is the surname Hershey?: 6,182 people in the United States had the surname Hershey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 49,943 Americans. It ranked 5,623rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hershey?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Hershey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Hershey?: Barbara Hershey, American actress, followed by Alfred Hershey.
Where is the surname Hershey most common?: Wikidata records people named Hershey in the United States.
How do you pronounce Hershey?: Hershey is /ˈhɝʃi/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Hershey getting more or less common?: More common. 5,951 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,182 in 2010, up 3.9%.