Surname Checker / Herring
How Common Is the Last Name Herring?
Estimated U.S. bearers of the surname Herring today
42,886
Ranked #894 of 162,254 published surnames · 13.13 per 100,000 Americans (2010 Census) · 38,733 bearers counted in 2010, scaled to today's population.
Ancestry breakdown reported in the 2010 Census
White
72.71%
Black
22.05%
Asian / Pacific Islander
0.41%
Hispanic
2.21%
Percentages are the Census Bureau's published figures for surname bearers in 2010. Figures are estimates from public records — see the methodology page.