Herpin surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Herpin surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 360 people carried this name — #56,710 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 833,300 people counted. That is down 2% from 368 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 1,427 people named Herpin.

4 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 56 départements, most often Loir-et-Cher.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 4
Loir-et-Cher 129
Manche 124
Paris 110
Loiret 99
Eure 96
Seine-Maritime 83
Sarthe 82
Charente-Maritime 69

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Belgium’s population register

At least 30 people named Herpin 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 Liège.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Liège 18
Hainaut 12

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In print

Herpin in American newspapers,
1906–1930.

Newspaper page from Evening Star carrying the name Herpin
Evening Star 1930-09-21
Newspaper page from The Dawson News carrying the name Herpin
The Dawson News 1906-09-05
Newspaper page from South Bend News-times carrying the name Herpin
South Bend News-times 1930-05-16

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,106 pages in all carry the name.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Herpin is.
A volume says what happened to it.

Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.

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