Herlings Surname

2,843,861st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 47 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Iceland

Herlings Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Herlings Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany321:2,515,796126,826
Netherlands131:1,299,01473,030
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Iceland11:380,09011,096

Herlings (129) may also be a first name.

Herlings Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Herlings Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Herlings is borne by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Herlings? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,843,861st most numerous last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 155,054,168 people. The surname Herlings is primarily found in Europe, where 98 percent of Herlings reside; 96 percent reside in Western Europe and 96 percent reside in Germanic Europe. Herlings is also the 818,356th most frequently occurring given name globally, held by 129 people.

The last name is most numerous in Germany, where it is borne by 32 people, or 1 in 2,515,796. In Germany Herlings is most frequent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 97 percent are found and Hesse, where 3 percent are found. Apart from Germany this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 28 percent are found and Australia, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Heirlings942/
Herling933,210/
Erlings93130/
Herrling88989/
Horlings88769/
Eurlings88586/
Gerlings88548/
Hierling88234/
Eerlings88186/
Hjerling8895/
Heerling8866/
Heurling8827/
Cherling8812/
Heirling887/
Herzling881/
Harlings881/
Hearling880/
Erling861,287/
Geerlings823,833/
Cherlling821/
Herlingue821/
Gerling8010,075/
Jerling80706/
Ehrling80428/
Hirling80326/
Earling80307/
Härling80116/
Herlyng8035/
Erlling804/
Herlink804/
Eurling802/
Errling801/
Herleng801/
Arlings800/
Erhling800/
Geerllings781/
Geerling751,472/
Jährling751,261/
Yohrling7532/
Earlingh757/
Hirrling757/
Hjärling754/
Herrleng751/
Chirling751/
Jierling751/
Erilling751/
Easrling751/
Earlling750/
Gerrling750/
Jehrling750/
Girlings750/
Geerlinks71210/
Ärling7165/
Irling7126/
Erlinc7110/
Erlink717/
Orellings715/
Jeahrling711/
Girling674,769/
Järling6739/
Irrling6732/
Gerlyng6726/
Yorling6711/
Jerlink677/
Airling674/
Jérling673/
Gerleng671/
Orrellings671/
Jirling670/

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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 Herlings
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