The Herzberg surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,939 people carried this name — #15,194 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 151,500 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (1,931).
What the name means
The meaning of the Herzberg surname
A surname transferred from the place name.
From Herz (“heart”) + Berg (“mountain”)
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Herzberg» (German), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Poland’s population register
153 people named Herzberg have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 238 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 9 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Kuyavian-Pomeranian.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 51 people named Herzberg.
18 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 7 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 Argentina’s national register
At least 43 people named Herzberg 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 City of Buenos Aires.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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
39 people named Herzberg live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in St. Gallen.
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 Herzberg 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).
In print
Herzberg in American newspapers,
1908–1929.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 7,878 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Herzberg,
with a public archive behind them.
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Friedrich Herzberg d. 1780 · manager
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Johann Georg Herzberg 1792–1864 · missionary
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Fredrika Charlotta Herzberg 1802–1843 · actor
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Wilhelm Herzberg 1819–1847 · composer
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Emil Herzberg 1820–1881 · judge
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Wilhelm Herzberg 1827–1897 · writer
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Herzberg.
- Hertzog 2,261 · U.S. census
- Hervas 167 · U.S. census
- Hervey 2,900 · U.S. census
- Hervieux 249 · U.S. census
- Hery 189 · U.S. census
- Herz 1,612 · 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
- Hessel 1,042 · U.S. census
- Hettich 732 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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