The Hermans surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 822 people carried this name — #27,595 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 333,300 people counted.
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In Belgium’s population register
At least 11,593 people named Hermans 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 Antwerp.
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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 265 people named Hermans.
50 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 36 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
64 people named Hermans live in Switzerland.
They live in 8 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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Who carried it
People named Hermans,
with a public archive behind them.
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Godefried Hermans 1725–1799 · abbé -
Charles Hermans 1839–1924 · painter -
Henri Hermans 1883–1947 · conductor -
Ward Hermans 1897–1992 · writer -
Huub Hermans 1898–1978 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 157 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Hermans.
- Hering 3,100 · U.S. census
- Heringer 394 · U.S. census
- Heriot 261 · U.S. census
- Herlin 134 · U.S. census
- Herman 42,091 · U.S. census
- Hermann 8,288 · U.S. census
- Hermel 173 · U.S. census
- Hermen 133 · U.S. census
- Hermes 3,966 · U.S. census
- Hermez 126 · U.S. census
- Hermon 492 · U.S. census
- Hermosilla 131 · U.S. census
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