The Hermanson surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,937 people carried this name — #8,402 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 75,200 people counted. That is up 4% from 3,801 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Hermanson surname

As an English and Welsh surname

Bardsley classes it as a baptismal name, from a given name: ‘the son of Herman’.

An early record he cites: Nicholas Herman, Suffolk, 1273 — Hundred Rolls.

His entry covers Harman, Herman, Hermon and Hermanson.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 360 · public domain.

In the Nordic population registers

114 people named Hermanson are counted in Sweden and Finland.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 91
Finland (2026) 23

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) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In print

Hermanson in American newspapers,
1911–1919.

Newspaper page from The Lemmon Herald carrying the name Hermanson
The Lemmon Herald 1915-10-06
Newspaper page from White Pine News Weekly Mining Review carrying the name Hermanson
White Pine News Weekly Mining Review 1911-12-24
Newspaper page from Vilas County News carrying the name Hermanson
Vilas County News 1919-04-16

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 5,768 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Hermanson in Australian newspapers,
1860s–1960s.

177 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Hermanson. The most, 43, date from the 1930s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in New South Wales, at 2.0 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 120
Queensland 29
South Australia 18
Victoria 5
Western Australia 2
ACT (Canberra) 1
Tasmania 1

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Hermanson.

Who carried it

People named Hermanson,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Robert Hermanson
    Robert Hermanson 1846–1928 · politician
  • Robert Hermanson
    Robert Hermanson 1846–1928 · politician
  • Curt Hermanson 1916–2009
  • Åke Hermanson 1923–1996 · screenwriter
  • Ola Hermanson 1965–2025 · musician

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Hermanson,
in the records of 4 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States489 records

489 records of the Hermanson name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 152
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 109
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 107
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 72
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 28
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 18
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  • Sacramento County historic burials 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Stephen Mark Hermanson

    Born 1947; from Carmel Valley, California. U.S. Army, infantry unit commander; killed in action 1968 in Binh Long, South Vietnam. Buried at Golden Gate National Cemetery, California.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Thomas B. Hermanson

    Born 1916 in Texas. Enlisted 1941 at Randolph Field; plumber from Hidalgo County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1975, buried at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Texas.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Carl Hermanson

    Arrived at New York in 1891 aboard the State of California from Glasgow and Moville, aged 20; laborer. From Finland, Russia; bound for New York.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 489 records for Hermanson in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Canada22 records

22 records of the Hermanson name in Canada
  • City of Winnipeg cemetery records 8
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 5
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 4
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 3
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 1
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Grant Hartley Hermanson

    Buried in 1975 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 21.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  2. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record Gerald Lee Allen Hermanson

    Died in service in 1976.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Hans Hermanson

    Married 1904 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Showing 3 of 22 records for Hermanson in Canada.

Counts: City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain) · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

Australia18 records

18 records of the Hermanson name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 12
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 3
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 2
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 1
  1. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Herman E. Hermanson

    Retired of Bulumwaal, Victoria; died 1959.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Ed Hermanson

    Arrived in Victoria in 1859 aboard the Black Eagle, aged 28.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Henry Hermanson

    Of Long Point, New South Wales; died 1922.

    Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY)

Showing 3 of 18 records for Hermanson in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Netherlands3 records

3 records of the Hermanson name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 2
  • Dutch population registers 1
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Hermannus Hermanson

    Married in 1727 in Utrecht.

    Open Archives, Het Utrechts Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Sijtske Hermanson

    In the population register of Joure; born 1810 in Joure.

    Open Archives, AlleFriezen (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record Johannes Hermanson

    Baptised in 1731 in Utrecht.

    Open Archives, Het Utrechts Archief (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

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