The Hebert surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 41,275 people carried this name — #836 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 7,150 people counted. That is up 2% from 40,283 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Hebert surname
A surname originating as a patronymic.
Patronymic surname, from a variant of the given name Herbert.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entries «Hebert» (English) and «Hébert» (French), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 8,576 people named Hebert.
77 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 90 départements, most often Seine-Maritime.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
80 people named Hebert live in Switzerland.
They live in 9 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 47 people named Hebert live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Tucumán.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 24 people named Hebert live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Hainaut.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
99 people named Hebert is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
Who carried it
People named Hebert,
with a public archive behind them.
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Felix Hebert 1874–1969 · judge -
Sammy Hebert 1893–1965 · ice hockey player -
Jakob Hebert 1899–1959 · architect -
Paul D. N. Hebert 1947– · zoologist -
Jean-François Hebert 1955– · official -
Jean Hebert 1712–
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 92 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Hebert.
- Hazard 4,054 · U.S. census
- Haze 453 · U.S. census
- He 15,363 · U.S. census
- Heard 23,408 · U.S. census
- Hebel 1,502 · U.S. census
- Heberle 517 · U.S. census
- Hebrard 138 · U.S. census
- Hechinger 171 · U.S. census
- Hechler 352 · U.S. census
- Hecht 7,466 · U.S. census
- Hechter 140 · U.S. census
- Heck 13,995 · U.S. census
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