How common is the surname Herzig?

1,426 people in the United States had the surname Herzig in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 216,512 Americans. It ranked 19,087th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Herzig?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Herzig identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Herzig?

Josef Herzig, Austrian chemist (1853-1924).

Where is the surname Herzig most common?

Wikidata records people named Herzig in Austria.

Is the surname Herzig getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,470 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,426 in 2010, down 3.0%.

The surname Herzig

A surname, carried by 1,426 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H622

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Herzig is more common than 88.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,426 people named Herzig in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 216,512 Americans. That is down 3.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,470.

#19,087

rank among US surnames

1,426

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

-3%

change since 2000 (was #17,613)

Who is named Herzig

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

96% of people named Herzig identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Herzigs

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Josef Herzig
Austrian chemist (1853-1924)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Herzig

Herzog

Herzig has the Soundex code H622, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H622.

Questions

How common is the surname Herzig?: 1,426 people in the United States had the surname Herzig in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 216,512 Americans. It ranked 19,087th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Herzig?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Herzig identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Herzig?: Josef Herzig, Austrian chemist (1853-1924).
Where is the surname Herzig most common?: Wikidata records people named Herzig in Austria.
Is the surname Herzig getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,470 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,426 in 2010, down 3.0%.