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The Hervey surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,900 people carried this name — #10,968 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 102,000 people counted. That is up 5% from 2,775 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Hervey surname

Variant of Harvey.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Hervey» (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 79 people named Hervey.

2 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 19 départements, most often Paris.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 2
Paris 33
Côte-d’Or 16
Yvelines 4
Seine-Saint-Denis 4
Hauts-de-Seine 3
Allier 3
Seine-et-Marne 2
Val-de-Marne 1

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

In print

Hervey in American newspapers,
1904–1922.

Newspaper page from The Wallace Miner carrying the name Hervey
The Wallace Miner 1921-12-22
Newspaper page from The Monmouth Inquirer carrying the name Hervey
The Monmouth Inquirer 1904-12-01
Newspaper page from The Wallace Miner carrying the name Hervey
The Wallace Miner 1922-01-05

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 57,534 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Hervey,
with a public archive behind them.

  • William Hervey, 1st Baron Hervey
    William Hervey, 1st Baron Hervey d. 1642 · politician
  • Frances Margaretta Shakerley d. 1860
  • Ida Constance Clowes d. 1972
  • Mary Diana Hervey d. 2000
  • Frances Bocking d. 1620
  • Henry Hervey d. 1589

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

Nearby in the index

Surnames next to Hervey.

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