# Hirsch (surname)

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

A surname from German.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 17,072 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,120 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 18,085 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.2% (16,864 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Hirsch 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) | 95% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.9% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 0.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Hirsch in the United States, South Africa, Belgium, Austria and Argentina.

## People named Hirsch

- Emile Hirsch, American actor (born 1985)
- Judd Hirsch, American actor
- Alex Hirsch, American voice actor, animator, writer, storyboard artist, and producer
- Jorge E. Hirsch, Argentine American physics academic
- Paul Hirsch, American film editor
- Moshe Hirsch, anti-Zionist Jewish leader of Neturei Karta, rabbi
- E. D. Hirsch, American literary critic
- Elroy Hirsch, American football player and executive (1923–2004)
- Marianne Hirsch, American writer
- Emil G. Hirsch, American Reform movement rabbi (1851-1923)
- Morris Hirsch, American mathematician
- Alan Hirsch, Australian missionary, born in South African

and 3 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Hirschi, Harsch, Hersh, Harsh, Hiers, Hirsh, Hires, Hursh, Harris, Herrick, Hershey, Hersey.

## 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.