von Herz Surname

4,427,875th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

von Herz Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

von Herz Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany181:4,472,526177,866
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

von Herz Last Name Facts

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

von Herz is found most frequently in Germany. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name von Herz? popularity and diffusion

The surname von Herz is the 4,427,875th most widespread last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 364,377,296 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of von Herz reside; 95 percent reside in Western Europe and 95 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most frequently used in Germany, where it is held by 18 people, or 1 in 4,472,526. In Germany von Herz is primarily concentrated in: Hesse, where 61 percent are found, Rhineland-Palatinate, where 22 percent are found and Baden-Württemberg, where 6 percent are found. Beside Germany it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Austria, where 5 percent are found and Spain, where 5 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
von Harz8814/
von Hartz8231/
von Ehr8031/
van Her800/
van Herp75518/
van Heur75190/
van Heer75102/
von Gehr7523/
van Hert758/
von Geyr758/
van Herd756/
van Hear752/
van Herc751/
van Heerd7164/
van Heere7117/
von Es713/
van Herch711/
van Hartz711/
van Herdt711/
von Gerds711/
van Er711/
van Erp674,506/
van Eer67241/
van Ert67182/
van Hes67176/
van Heerdt67139/
von Esh6716/
van Erd676/
van Hex673/
van Ere671/
van Ehr671/
van Ger671/

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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 von Herz
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