# Herz (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/herz/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,612 |
| US rank (2010) | 17,481 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 191,529 people |
| Change since 2000 | -2.1% (1,647 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Herz in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 94% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.6% |
| Two or more races | 1.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Herz in Weimar Republic, the United States and Austria.

## People named Herz

- Alice Herz, American-based German activist
- Michael Herz, American film producer, director and screenwriter
- Ernst Herz, Austrian figure skater

## Similar surnames

Hersey, Heras, Hersh, Heroux, Herwig, Harris, Hirsch, Herrick, Hershey, Harsh, Harkey, Horak.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.