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

Herlings is more frequently found in Germany than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Herlings? popularity and diffusion

The last name Herlings is the 2,843,861st most numerous last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 155,054,168 people. The last name Herlings is predominantly found in Europe, where 98 percent of Herlings are found; 96 percent are found in Western Europe and 96 percent are found in Germanic Europe. Herlings is also the 818,356th most numerous first name on earth, held by 129 people.

This surname is most common in Germany, where it is carried by 32 people, or 1 in 2,515,796. In Germany it is most frequent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 97 percent reside and Hesse, where 3 percent reside. Outside of Germany this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 28 percent reside and Australia, where 2 percent reside.

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
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  • 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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