The Herz surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 1,647 people carried this name — #16,138 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 163,900 people counted.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
174 people named Herz live in Switzerland.
They live in 15 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 104 people named Herz.
40 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 11 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
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Poland’s population register
48 people named Herz have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 86 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 5 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Opole.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Herz.
- Hertz 4,097 · U.S. census
- Hertzog 2,298 · U.S. census
- Hervas 141 · U.S. census
- Hervey 2,775 · U.S. census
- Hervieux 229 · U.S. census
- Hery 191 · U.S. census
- Herzberg 1,931 · U.S. census
- Herzig 1,470 · U.S. census
- Herzog 10,825 · U.S. census
- Hess 57,822 · U.S. census
- Hesse 5,929 · U.S. census
- Hessel 1,233 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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