The Herr surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 11,980 people carried this name — #2,990 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 24,600 people counted. That is down 4% from 12,466 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Herr surname
As a title and German and Jewish surname (also found in Hungary and France), from the noun Herr (“gentleman, sir”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Herr» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 600 people named Herr.
38 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 33 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 418 people named Herr 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
138 people named Herr live in Switzerland.
They live in 14 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
35 people named Herr 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).
Who carried it
People named Herr,
with a public archive behind them.
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Michael Herr 1591–1661 · painter -
Josef Philipp Herr 1819–1884 · astronomer -
Josef Philipp Herr 1819–1884 · astronomer
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Hiero B. Herr 1842–1920 · military officer -
Frédéric-Georges Herr 1855–1932 · military personnel -
Georg Herr d. 1609
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Herr.
- Hernando 759 · U.S. census
- Herny 125 · U.S. census
- Herold 5,705 · U.S. census
- Heron 3,934 · U.S. census
- Heroux 1,552 · U.S. census
- Herpin 360 · U.S. census
- Herrada 1,320 · U.S. census
- Herran 494 · U.S. census
- Herre 383 · U.S. census
- Herreman 161 · U.S. census
- Herren 4,466 · U.S. census
- Herrera 192,711 · U.S. census
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