Herstein Surname

443,157th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 771 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Israel

Herstein Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Herstein Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4501:805,46462,023
Israel1951:43,8855,918
Germany721:1,118,13174,279
Canada361:1,023,48976,466
France71:9,488,960336,266
Netherlands31:5,629,059132,535
England21:27,859,030389,889
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States631:797,12249,780

Herstein (14) may also be a first name.

Herstein Last Name Facts

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

Herstein is held by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Herstein? popularity and diffusion

It is the 443,157th most frequently held surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 9,452,070 people. The surname Herstein occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 63 percent of Herstein live; 63 percent live in North America and 63 percent live in Anglo-North America. Herstein is also the 3,024,661st most widely held forename throughout the world, held by 14 people.

The surname Herstein is most frequently held in The United States, where it is held by 450 people, or 1 in 805,464. In The United States Herstein is most common in: California, where 15 percent live, Michigan, where 11 percent live and New York, where 10 percent live. Without taking into account The United States this last name occurs in 11 countries. It is also common in Israel, where 25 percent live and Germany, where 9 percent live.

Herstein Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Herstein has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Herstein last name grew 714 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Herstein Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Herstein surname are 39.08% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 92.31% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Herstein earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 9.01% more than the national average, earning $47,035 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.88% more than the national average, earning $52,109 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 Herstein
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