The Hering surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,344 people carried this name — #9,701 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 88,500 people counted. That is up 8% from 3,100 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Hering surname
From German Hering, from Middle High German hærinc, both meaning herring.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary — entry «Hering» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Poland’s population register
379 people named Hering have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 451 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 11 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Pomeranian.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 94 people named Hering 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 Entre Ríos.
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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 84 people named Hering.
15 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 14 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
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 Hering live in Switzerland.
They live in 11 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Hering.
- Herbster 723 · U.S. census
- Herby 129 · U.S. census
- Heredia 17,506 · U.S. census
- Heren 123 · U.S. census
- Hergott 402 · U.S. census
- Herin 473 · U.S. census
- Heringer 456 · U.S. census
- Heriot 262 · U.S. census
- Herlin 134 · U.S. census
- Herman 41,750 · U.S. census
- Hermann 8,858 · U.S. census
- Hermans 802 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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