Hermanson Surname

79,827th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,108 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Estonia

Hermanson Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Herman.' As early as Domesday found as Hermannus; compare the German Hermann. With Harman, compare Clark and Clerk, Parkins and Perkins, &c.

Nicholas Herman, Suffolk, 1273.

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Hermanson Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5,0561:71,6898,291
Canada5111:72,1058,206
Sweden1281:76,9285,759
South Africa911:595,35945,471
Brazil771:2,780,18682,572
Finland391:140,94113,163
England371:1,505,89364,828
Estonia351:37,7667,217
New Zealand301:150,94417,319
Australia251:1,079,82861,253
Poland121:3,167,396120,990
Norway101:514,22941,629
Ecuador91:1,767,31620,027
Germany71:11,500,780305,602
Denmark51:1,128,94352,970
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Argentina31:14,247,805235,975
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Guam11:160,1214,893
Fiji11:894,3914,568
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Liechtenstein11:38,3781,726
Laos11:6,588,3231,961
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:6,093,842135,151
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2561:196,16717,139

Hermanson (212) may also be a first name.

Hermanson Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Herman.' As early as Domesday found as Hermannus; compare the German Hermann. With Harman, compare Clark and Clerk, Parkins and Perkins, &c.

Nicholas Herman, Suffolk, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Cecilia Hereman, Huntingdonshire, ibid.

Herman de Boys, Issue Roll, 44 Edward III.

Walter Herman, ibid.

Herman de Francia. Calendarium Rotulorum Patentium in Turri Londinensi.

Herman de Alemannia. Calendarium Rotulorum Originalium.

Alan Herman, 1293. Writs of Parliament.

Walter Hermanson, Issues of the Exchequer, see Index. Thomas Herman, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Ricardus Harman, 1379: ibid.

John Urmynson, Yorkshire: Corpus Christi Guild (Surtees Society).

Harman Clarke, 1549: Register of the University of Oxford.

Harman Arnold, 1535: ibid.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(English, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian) The son of Herman (army, man).

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Hermann was the marching Mercury of the old Germans. "Irman, Armin, Eorman, Hermann," says Professor Donaldson, "is the oldest deity of our race. He combines the functions of the two later deities, Tiv, or Ziv, or Ziu, corresponding to Mars, and Wodan, corresponding to Mercury; and therefore claims as his own both the third and the fourth days of the week. He is the Er or Eor of the Scythic tribes, and the Ares of the Greeks. He appears equally in the heroic Arminius of the Low Germans, and in the heroic Herminius of Roman fable." Cambridge Essays, 1856, p. 68. As an English surname, Herman or Harman is of great antiquity. Hermann, Hermannus, as a personal name, is found in Domesday.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

says Verstegan, "should rightly be Heartman, to wit, a man of heart and courage."Probably the same as Herman, from Here, an army, and man, a soldier.

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

Hermanson Last Name Facts

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

The surname Hermanson is found most frequently in The United States. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Hermanson? popularity and diffusion

It is the 79,827th most frequently held family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 1,193,115 people. This last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 92 percent of Hermanson are found; 90 percent are found in North America and 90 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Hermanson is also the 620,917th most frequently used first name at a global level, held by 212 people.

Hermanson is most common in The United States, where it is borne by 5,056 people, or 1 in 71,689. In The United States it is most prevalent in: Minnesota, where 15 percent reside, Wisconsin, where 11 percent reside and California, where 9 percent reside. Other than The United States Hermanson exists in 39 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 8 percent reside and Sweden, where 2 percent reside.

Hermanson Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Hermanson has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Hermanson surname grew 1,975 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 925 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Hermanson Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Hermanson surname is predominantly Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Hermanson last name are 7.39% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 54.16% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Hermanson earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 6.69% more than the national average, earning 369,234 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 60.62% more than the national average, earning R 381,696 per year; in United States they earn 10.05% more than the national average, earning $47,487 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.45% less than the national average, earning $47,474 CAD per year.

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