How common is the surname Hirsch?

17,072 people in the United States had the surname Hirsch in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 18,085 Americans. It ranked 2,120th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Hirsch?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Hirsch identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Hirsch?

Emile Hirsch, American actor (born 1985), followed by Judd Hirsch.

Where is the surname Hirsch most common?

Wikidata records people named Hirsch in the United States, South Africa and Belgium and 2 other countries.

Is the surname Hirsch getting more or less common?

More common. 16,864 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 17,072 in 2010, up 1.2%.

The surname Hirsch

A German surname, carried by 17,072 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex H620

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hirsch is more common than 98.7% of them.

Origin

German origin

A surname from German.

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 17,072 people named Hirsch in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 18,085 Americans. That is up 1.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 16,864.

#2,120

rank among US surnames

17,072

people in 2010

5.8

per 100,000 Americans

+1.2%

change since 2000 (was #1,959)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,111	Zimmer	17,146	18,007
#2,112	Moseley	17,130	18,024
#2,113	Quigley	17,121	18,033
#2,114	Atwood	17,112	18,043
#2,115	Brunson	17,099	18,056
#2,116	Coon	17,097	18,058
#2,117	Mott	17,092	18,064

Who is named Hirsch

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

95% of people named Hirsch identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%
Two or more races 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Hirschs

15 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Emile Hirsch
American actor (born 1985)
Judd Hirsch
American actor, born 1935
Alex Hirsch
American voice actor, animator, writer, storyboard artist, and producer, born 1985
Jorge E. Hirsch
Argentine American physics academic, born 1953
Paul Hirsch
American film editor, born 1945
Moshe Hirsch
Anti-Zionist Jewish leader of Neturei Karta, rabbi, 1923–2010
E. D. Hirsch
American literary critic, born 1928
Elroy Hirsch
American football player and executive (1923–2004)
Marianne Hirsch
American writer, born 1949
Emil G. Hirsch
American Reform movement rabbi (1851-1923)
Morris Hirsch
American mathematician, born 1933
Alan Hirsch
Australian missionary, born in South African, born 1959

Notable Hirschs come mostly from the United States (11), South Africa (1) and Belgium (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Hirsch

Hirsch has the Soundex code H620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H620.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Hirsch come from?: Hirsch is German in origin.
How common is the surname Hirsch?: 17,072 people in the United States had the surname Hirsch in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 18,085 Americans. It ranked 2,120th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hirsch?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Hirsch identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Hirsch?: Emile Hirsch, American actor (born 1985), followed by Judd Hirsch.
Where is the surname Hirsch most common?: Wikidata records people named Hirsch in the United States, South Africa and Belgium and 2 other countries.
Is the surname Hirsch getting more or less common?: More common. 16,864 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 17,072 in 2010, up 1.2%.