The Hermes surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 3,966 people carried this name — #7,726 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 68,000 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 103 people named Hermes.
20 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 22 départements, most often Dordogne.
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
101 people named Hermes live in Switzerland.
They live in 13 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 Hermes.
- Herlin 134 · U.S. census
- Herman 42,091 · U.S. census
- Hermann 8,288 · U.S. census
- Hermans 822 · U.S. census
- Hermel 173 · U.S. census
- Hermen 133 · U.S. census
- Hermez 126 · U.S. census
- Hermon 492 · U.S. census
- Hermosilla 131 · U.S. census
- Hernandes 7,313 · U.S. census
- Hernandez 706,372 · U.S. census
- Hernando 529 · U.S. census
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