How common is the surname Herwig?

1,001 people in the United States had the surname Herwig in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 308,437 Americans. It ranked 24,855th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Herwig?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Herwig identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Herwig getting more or less common?

More common. 987 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,001 in 2010, up 1.4%.

Is Herwig also a first name?

Yes. Herwig is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Herwig

A surname, carried by 1,001 people in the United States.

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). Herwig is more common than 84.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,001 people named Herwig in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 308,437 Americans. That is up 1.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 987.

#24,855

rank among US surnames

1,001

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

+1.4%

change since 2000 (was #23,884)

Who is named Herwig

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

96% of people named Herwig identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 0.9%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Herwig

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

Questions

How common is the surname Herwig?: 1,001 people in the United States had the surname Herwig in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 308,437 Americans. It ranked 24,855th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Herwig?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Herwig identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Herwig getting more or less common?: More common. 987 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,001 in 2010, up 1.4%.
Is Herwig also a first name?: Yes. Herwig is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.