How common is the surname Hershman?

2,302 people in the United States had the surname Hershman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 134,121 Americans. It ranked 13,259th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Hershman?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Hershman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Hershman getting more or less common?

More common. 2,052 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,302 in 2010, up 12%.

The surname Hershman

A surname, carried by 2,302 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H625

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hershman is more common than 91.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,302 people named Hershman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 134,121 Americans. That is up 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,052.

#13,259

rank among US surnames

2,302

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+12.2%

change since 2000 (was #13,573)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#13,251	Amey	2,304	134,004
#13,255	Blackledge	2,303	134,062
#13,259	Hershman	2,302	134,121
#13,263	Franko	2,301	134,179
#13,264	Paull	2,300	134,237
#13,267	Norby	2,299	134,296

Who is named Hershman

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

95% of people named Hershman identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
Two or more races 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Hershman

Hershman has the Soundex code H625, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H625.

Questions

How common is the surname Hershman?: 2,302 people in the United States had the surname Hershman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 134,121 Americans. It ranked 13,259th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hershman?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Hershman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Hershman getting more or less common?: More common. 2,052 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,302 in 2010, up 12%.