Herber Surname
Approximately 9,906 people bear this surname
Herber Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 4,251 | 1:18,938 | 2,493 |
| United States | 2,614 | 1:138,661 | 14,460 |
| Brazil | 652 | 1:328,335 | 12,643 |
| France | 499 | 1:133,112 | 20,353 |
| Netherlands | 304 | 1:55,550 | 9,543 |
| Ukraine | 268 | 1:169,861 | 23,426 |
| Argentina | 225 | 1:189,971 | 15,823 |
| Mexico | 208 | 1:596,761 | 9,919 |
| Austria | 132 | 1:64,511 | 9,977 |
| Switzerland | 98 | 1:83,805 | 9,470 |
| Hungary | 88 | 1:111,549 | 10,635 |
| England | 84 | 1:663,310 | 38,317 |
| Czechia | 82 | 1:129,676 | 20,694 |
| Poland | 77 | 1:493,620 | 48,553 |
| Canada | 62 | 1:594,284 | 49,093 |
| Luxembourg | 44 | 1:13,194 | 2,619 |
| South Africa | 35 | 1:1,547,934 | 78,799 |
| Thailand | 29 | 1:2,435,805 | 267,220 |
| Sweden | 26 | 1:378,721 | 26,697 |
| New Zealand | 22 | 1:205,833 | 20,770 |
| Philippines | 19 | 1:5,328,328 | 173,877 |
| Australia | 19 | 1:1,420,826 | 73,129 |
| Spain | 13 | 1:3,596,310 | 69,669 |
| Russia | 7 | 1:20,589,008 | 462,339 |
| Belgium | 5 | 1:2,299,329 | 106,824 |
| Paraguay | 5 | 1:1,447,349 | 11,454 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| Iran | 3 | 1:25,594,175 | 224,183 |
| Slovakia | 3 | 1:1,778,817 | 104,392 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Uruguay | 2 | 1:1,715,879 | 35,955 |
| Guatemala | 2 | 1:8,041,334 | 9,698 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Aruba | 1 | 1:103,477 | 2,586 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 8 | 1:3,046,921 | 80,371 |
| Wales | 2 | 1:784,208 | 16,349 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 360 | 1:139,496 | 13,166 |
Herber (4,983) may also be a first name.
Herber Demographics
Average Male Herber Height
173.76 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Herber Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Herber Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Herber is found in Germany more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Herber click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Herber? popularity and diffusion
The last name Herber is the 51,711th most commonly used family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 735,670 people. Herber occurs mostly in Europe, where 60 percent of Herber live; 54 percent live in Western Europe and 48 percent live in Germanic Europe. Herber is also the 96,400th most common forename worldwide. It is borne by 4,983 people.
Herber is most frequently used in Germany, where it is borne by 4,251 people, or 1 in 18,938. In Germany it is most frequent in: Hesse, where 28 percent are found, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 18 percent are found and Rhineland-Palatinate, where 10 percent are found. Beside Germany it is found in 49 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 26 percent are found and Brazil, where 7 percent are found.
Herber Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Herber has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Herber last name rose 726 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 1,050 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Herber Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Herber are 16.75% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 63.52% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Herber earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 64.65% less than the national average, earning R 84,000 per year; in United States they earn 7.21% more than the national average, earning $46,258 USD per year and in Canada they earn 27.72% more than the national average, earning $63,453 CAD per year.
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Herber Reference & Research
Herbert DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.
Herbert FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Herber
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis