Herero Surname
Approximately 185 people bear this surname
Herero Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 95 | 1:1,065,666 | 88,850 |
| Namibia | 50 | 1:48,188 | 6,016 |
| Spain | 29 | 1:1,612,139 | 47,760 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
Herero Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Herero Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Herero has its highest incidence in The Philippines. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Herero? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,248,410th most common last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 39,392,140 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 51 percent of Herero live; 51 percent live in Southeast Asia and 51 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia.
The surname is most prevalent in The Philippines, where it is carried by 95 people, or 1 in 1,065,666. In The Philippines it is mostly found in: Bicol, where 39 percent reside, National Capital Region, where 15 percent reside and Central Luzon, where 12 percent reside. Not including The Philippines it is found in 10 countries. It also occurs in Namibia, where 27 percent reside and Spain, where 16 percent reside.
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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 Herero
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