The Heras surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,830 people carried this name — #15,889 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 161,300 people counted. That is up 53% from 1,197 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 841 people named Heras 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 mapWhere they live today
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 182 people named Heras.
31 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 28 départements, most often Nord.
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
24 people named Heras live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
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.
Who carried it
People named Heras,
with a public archive behind them.
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Francisco Las Heras 1914–1998 · association football player -
Rocío Dúrcal 1944–2006 · actor -
Narciso Heras de Puig 1814–1900 · writer
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Henry Heras 1888–1955 · historian
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Maria Juana Heras Velasco 1924–2014 · sculptor
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Julián Heras 1935–2015 · church historian
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Heras.
- 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
- Herard 671 · 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
- Herbert 26,417 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Heras is.
A volume says what happened to it.
Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.