The Herman surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 41,750 people carried this name — #826 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 7,070 people counted. That is down 1% from 42,091 in 2000.
In Poland’s population register
5,218 people named Herman have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 6,835 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in all 16 of Poland’s voivodeships, most of all in Silesian.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 3,427 people named Herman 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 West Flanders.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 1,588 people named Herman 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 1,352 people named Herman.
97 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 58 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
73 people named Herman live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 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/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In the Nordic population registers
110 people named Herman 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).
In print
Herman in American newspapers,
1920–1921.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.
Who carried it
People named Herman,
with a public archive behind them.
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Władysław I Herman 1043–1102 · politician -
Nikolaus Herman 1500–1561 · writer -
Radosław Herman d. 2023 · archaeologist
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W. F. Herman d. 1938 · publisher
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Johann Hermann d. 1600 · hymnwriter
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Roman Herman d. 2022 · surgeon
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Herman.
- Hergott 402 · U.S. census
- Herin 473 · U.S. census
- Hering 3,344 · U.S. census
- Heringer 456 · U.S. census
- Heriot 262 · U.S. census
- Herlin 134 · U.S. census
- Hermann 8,858 · U.S. census
- Hermans 802 · U.S. census
- Hermel 139 · U.S. census
- Hermen 128 · U.S. census
- Hermes 4,407 · U.S. census
- Hermez 251 · U.S. census
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