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The Heer surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,007 people carried this name — #14,787 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 147,100 people counted. That is up 7% from 1,879 in 2000.

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In Switzerland’s population statistics

1,574 people named Heer live in Switzerland.

They live in 23 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Zurich 400
Lucerne 302
St. Gallen 121
Bern 116
Aargau 100
Thurgau 84
Glarus 66
Solothurn 65

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 219 people named Heer 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 Buenos Aires Province.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 89
Entre Ríos 37
City of Buenos Aires 28
Santa Fe 23
Misiones 21
Chubut 11
Tucumán 10

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 66 people named Heer.

15 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 15 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 15
Bas-Rhin 12
Paris 8
Bouches-du-Rhône 7
Ille-et-Vilaine 6
Haut-Rhin 3
Moselle 3
Lot-et-Garonne 2
Gard 2

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In print

Heer in American newspapers,
1905.

Newspaper page from The Washburn Leader carrying the name Heer
The Washburn Leader 1905-11-10
Newspaper page from The Washburn Leader carrying the name Heer
The Washburn Leader 1905-11-17
Newspaper page from The Washburn Leader carrying the name Heer
The Washburn Leader 1905-11-24

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 138,837 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Heer,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Emil Heer d. 2001 · composer
  • Johannes Heer 1489–1553 · composer
  • Adam Heer von Rapperswil 1535–1610
  • Hieronymus Heer 1615– · hofmeister
  • Johannes Heer 1680–1756 · merchant
  • Rusten Heer 1715–1769 · librarian

Wikidata (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.

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Surnames next to Heer.

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