How common is the surname Herzog?

11,146 people in the United States had the surname Herzog in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 27,700 Americans. It ranked 3,239th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Herzog?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Herzog identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Herzog?

Chaim Herzog, 6th President of Israel (1983–1993) – (born1918–1997), followed by Andreas Herzog.

Where is the surname Herzog most common?

Wikidata records people named Herzog in Austria, the United States and Israel and 2 other countries.

Is the surname Herzog getting more or less common?

More common. 10,825 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,146 in 2010, up 3.0%.

The surname Herzog

A German surname, carried by 11,146 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). Herzog is more common than 98% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Herzog.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 11,146 people named Herzog in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 27,700 Americans. That is up 3.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 10,825.

#3,239

rank among US surnames

11,146

people in 2010

3.8

per 100,000 Americans

+3%

change since 2000 (was #3,071)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,230	Bunn	11,180	27,616
#3,231	South	11,178	27,621
#3,232	Kopp	11,175	27,628
#3,233	Snowden	11,171	27,638
#3,234	Martell	11,158	27,670
#3,236	Boyles	11,156	27,675
#3,237	Camarena	11,154	27,680

Who is named Herzog

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

96% of people named Herzog identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Herzogs

7 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Chaim Herzog
6th President of Israel (1983–1993) – (born1918–1997)
Andreas Herzog
Austrian association football player and manager, born 1968
Isaac HaLevy Herzog
1st Chief Rabbi of Ireland and Israel (1888–1959)
Vladimir Herzog
Brazilian journalist (1937–1975)
Hermann Ottomar Herzog
American artist (1832–1932)
Whitey Herzog
American baseball player and manager (1931–2024)
Herta Herzog
American social scientist (1910-2010)

Notable Herzogs come mostly from Austria (2), the United States (2) and Israel (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Hartsoe
Hartzog

Surnames that sound like Herzog

Herzig

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

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Herzog come from?: Borrowed from German Herzog.
How common is the surname Herzog?: 11,146 people in the United States had the surname Herzog in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 27,700 Americans. It ranked 3,239th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Herzog?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Herzog identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Herzog?: Chaim Herzog, 6th President of Israel (1983–1993) – (born1918–1997), followed by Andreas Herzog.
Where is the surname Herzog most common?: Wikidata records people named Herzog in Austria, the United States and Israel and 2 other countries.
Is the surname Herzog getting more or less common?: More common. 10,825 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,146 in 2010, up 3.0%.
What are other spellings of Herzog?: Hartsoe and Hartzog.