How common is the last name Herring?

35,941 people in the United States have the last name Herring, about 1 in 8,316. It ranks #956 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

HERRING

#956

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
35,941
About
1 in 8,316
This common or more
39.2%
Who bears it

Of the 35,941 people with the last name Herring, 69.6% reported their origin as White, 22% as Black and 4.2% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Herring

#954 Benton · 35,994#955 Leal · 35,970#957 Sierra · 35,938#958 Nixon · 35,853

Spelled almost the same

8 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Herring, most common first.

#11,346 Hering · 2,658#34,822 Heuring · 699#47,785 Hearing · 478#55,517 Heeringa · 399#79,581 Herink · 258#115,151 Hearring · 161#115,686 Herringer · 160#116,774 Heering · 158

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