The Herard surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 671 people carried this name — #33,894 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 434,800 people counted. That is up 36% from 495 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Herard surname
Borrowed from French Hérard. This surname is mostly found in Haiti.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Herard» (English), 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 778 people named Herard.
12 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 54 départements, most often Aube.
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 print
Herard in American newspapers,
1894–1897.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,126 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Herard,
with a public archive behind them.
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Denis Herard 1944–2023 · politician
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Reginald Herard 1956–1999 · visual artist
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Fabien Herard 1980– · basketball player
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Damien Herard 1982– · basketball player
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Herard.
- Hentz 1,889 · U.S. census
- Hentzen 196 · U.S. census
- Heon 511 · U.S. census
- Hepp 1,966 · U.S. census
- Her 15,089 · U.S. census
- Heran 224 · U.S. census
- Heras 1,830 · U.S. census
- Herb 3,282 · U.S. census
- Herbe 106 · U.S. census
- Herbel 504 · U.S. census
- Herbelin 133 · U.S. census
- Herber 1,490 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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A volume says what happened to it.
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