How common is the surname Herzberg?

1,939 people in the United States had the surname Herzberg in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 159,229 Americans. It ranked 15,194th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Herzberg?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Herzberg identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Herzberg?

Frederick Irving Herzberg, American psychologist (1923-2000), followed by Gary Allan.

Where is the surname Herzberg most common?

Wikidata records people named Herzberg in the United States.

Is the surname Herzberg getting more or less common?

More common. 1,931 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,939 in 2010, up 0.4%.

The surname Herzberg

A surname, carried by 1,939 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H621

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Herzberg is more common than 90.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,939 people named Herzberg in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 159,229 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,931.

#15,194

rank among US surnames

1,939

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+0.4%

change since 2000 (was #14,250)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#15,194	Herzberg	1,939	159,229
#15,201	Munk	1,938	159,311

Who is named Herzberg

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

95% of people named Herzberg identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
Two or more races 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Herzbergs

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Frederick Irving Herzberg
American psychologist (1923-2000)
Gary Allan
American country singer, born 1967

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Herzberg

Herzberg has the Soundex code H621, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H621.

Questions

How common is the surname Herzberg?: 1,939 people in the United States had the surname Herzberg in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 159,229 Americans. It ranked 15,194th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Herzberg?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Herzberg identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Herzberg?: Frederick Irving Herzberg, American psychologist (1923-2000), followed by Gary Allan.
Where is the surname Herzberg most common?: Wikidata records people named Herzberg in the United States.
Is the surname Herzberg getting more or less common?: More common. 1,931 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,939 in 2010, up 0.4%.