The Herzig surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,426 people carried this name — #19,087 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 208,300 people counted. That is down 3% from 1,470 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
1,385 people named Herzig live in Switzerland.
They live in 23 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.
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 56 people named Herzig.
12 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 12 départements, most often Moselle.
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 55 people named Herzig 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 Poland’s population register
37 people named Herzig have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 64 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 6 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Kuyavian-Pomeranian.
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 Herzig.
- 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
- Herzberg 1,939 · 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
- Hettinger 3,111 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Herzig is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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