The Hery surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 189 people carried this name — #96,368 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,666,700 people counted. That is down 1% from 191 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 2,116 people named Hery.
17 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 72 départements, most often Loire-Atlantique.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
39 people named Hery live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
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 print
Hery in American newspapers,
1824–1926.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 36,536 pages in all carry the name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Hery.
- Hertrich 192 · U.S. census
- Hertz 4,257 · U.S. census
- Hertzog 2,261 · U.S. census
- Hervas 167 · U.S. census
- Hervey 2,900 · U.S. census
- Hervieux 249 · U.S. census
- Herz 1,612 · U.S. census
- Herzberg 1,939 · U.S. census
- Herzig 1,426 · U.S. census
- Herzog 11,146 · U.S. census
- Hess 59,486 · U.S. census
- Hesse 6,084 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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