How common is the surname Hert?

1,006 people in the United States had the surname Hert in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 306,904 Americans. It ranked 24,762nd of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Hert getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,073 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,006 in 2010, down 6.2%.

The surname Hert

A surname, carried by 1,006 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex H630

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hert is more common than 84.7% of them.

Origin

* As a German surname, spelling variant of Herdt. * As a Dutch surname, spelling variant of Herd, from hert (“stag”).

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,006 people named Hert in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 306,904 Americans. That is down 6.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,073.

#24,762

rank among US surnames

1,006

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

-6.2%

change since 2000 (was #22,384)

Who is named Hert

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

85% of people named Hert identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.1% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 85%
Black (not Hispanic) 7.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 2.4%
Two or more races 1.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Hert

Hert has the Soundex code H630, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H630.

Questions

Where does the surname Hert come from?: * As a German surname, spelling variant of Herdt. * As a Dutch surname, spelling variant of Herd, from hert (“stag”).
How common is the surname Hert?: 1,006 people in the United States had the surname Hert in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 306,904 Americans. It ranked 24,762nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hert?: In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Hert identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Hert getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,073 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,006 in 2010, down 6.2%.