The Herrera surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 192,711 people carried this name — #129 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,530 people counted. That is up 37% from 140,786 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Herrera surname
A surname originating as an occupation.
From herrería, from ferrería, from ferrero.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Herrera» (Spanish), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 172,671 people named Herrera 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
688 people named Herrera live in Switzerland.
They live in 21 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 526 people named Herrera.
257 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 38 départements, most often Gironde.
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 the Nordic population registers
201 people named Herrera 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
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
Herrera in American newspapers,
1901–1962.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 63,153 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Herrera,
with a public archive behind them.
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Fernando de Herrera 1534–1597 · writer -
Francisco Herrera the Elder 1576–1656 · painter -
Rafaela Herrera 1742–1805 · rebel -
Nicolás Herrera 1774–1833 · politician -
Dionisio de Herrera 1781–1850 · lawyer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 196 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Herrera.
- Herr 11,980 · 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
- Herrero 1,093 · U.S. census
- Herreros 240 · U.S. census
- Herrmann 13,226 · U.S. census
- Herrscher 147 · U.S. census
- Herry 272 · U.S. census
- Herscher 249 · U.S. census
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