Herschel Surname
Approximately 1,442 people bear this surname
Herschel Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 743 | 1:108,352 | 13,382 |
| United States | 342 | 1:1,059,821 | 77,412 |
| Israel | 108 | 1:79,237 | 9,601 |
| South Africa | 64 | 1:846,527 | 56,162 |
| Netherlands | 34 | 1:496,682 | 47,398 |
| Argentina | 32 | 1:1,335,732 | 76,713 |
| England | 29 | 1:1,921,312 | 76,208 |
| Australia | 18 | 1:1,499,761 | 75,721 |
| Canada | 13 | 1:2,834,276 | 161,175 |
| Brazil | 10 | 1:21,407,433 | 350,627 |
| Zimbabwe | 10 | 1:1,543,824 | 78,460 |
| Denmark | 4 | 1:1,411,179 | 60,800 |
| Guernsey | 4 | 1:16,110 | 1,225 |
| Yemen | 4 | 1:6,606,324 | 25,896 |
| Spain | 4 | 1:11,688,009 | 116,470 |
| Belgium | 4 | 1:2,874,161 | 111,046 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Croatia | 2 | 1:2,114,302 | 85,143 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Wallis and Futuna | 1 | 1:13,610 | 185 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 19 | 1:197,011 | 7,414 |
| England | 12 | 1:2,031,281 | 60,933 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 59 | 1:851,164 | 52,255 |
Herschel (9,098) may also be a first name.
Herschel Demographics
Average Herschel Salary in
United States
$43,969 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Herschel Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Herschel Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Herschel is more commonly found in Germany than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. For other possible spellings of Herschel click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Herschel? popularity and diffusion
Herschel is the 270,454th most frequently used surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 5,053,777 people. Herschel occurs mostly in Europe, where 58 percent of Herschel reside; 54 percent reside in Western Europe and 54 percent reside in Germanic Europe. It is also the 65,228th most commonly occurring given name globally. It is borne by 9,098 people.
The surname Herschel is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is held by 743 people, or 1 in 108,352. In Germany it is mostly found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 30 percent live, Saxony, where 27 percent live and Lower Saxony, where 10 percent live. Barring Germany it occurs in 31 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 24 percent live and Israel, where 7 percent live.
Herschel Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Herschel has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Herschel surname grew 580 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 242 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it fell 95 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Herschel Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Herschel last name are 13.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 60% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Herschel earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 34.72% more than the national average, earning R 320,148 per year; in United States they earn 1.9% more than the national average, earning $43,969 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.87% less than the national average, earning $45,773 CAD per year.
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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 Herschel
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