The HERSH surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
	Total	Rank	Frequency %	Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot)	3,669	8302	0.001	14
United States (1880 census)	525	9285	0.001	10
Change since 1880	+3144	+983	0	+4
Other Countries
Australia	10	89689	0	1
United Kingdom	57	25756	0	1

Top States for HERSH by Total
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
Pennsylvania	601	2519	0.005	49
California	432	6439	0.001	13
New York	389	4965	0.002	20
Florida	315	6243	0.002	20
New Jersey	252	3833	0.003	30
Top States for HERSH by Frequency
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
Pennsylvania	601	2519	0.005	49
Washington DC	27	2249	0.005	47
Kansas	96	3475	0.004	36
New Jersey	252	3833	0.003	30
Maryland	143	4111	0.003	27

Notes

Total is the total number of people with that surname.
Rank is the position in the list of names ordered by total (eg, a rank of 1 means that it's the most common name, and a rank of 10 means it's the tenth most common, etc).
Frequency is the percentage of people with that surname.
Per million people is the number of people with that surname per million of the population.

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called HERSH live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called HERSH represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called HERSH in Pennsylvania than any other state, but you are more likely to find a HERSH by picking someone at random in Pennsylvania than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of HERSH

Region of origin: Europe

Country of origin: Poland

Language of origin: Polish

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the HERSH surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of HERSH in the USA

Classification	Total	Percent
White (Hispanic)	44	1.2
Black/African American	39	1.06
Mixed Race	37	1.01
White (Caucasian)	3,521	95.97
Asian/Pacific	Less than 100	Insignificant
Native American/Alaskan	Less than 100	Insignificant

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the HERSH surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Similar names to HERSH

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as HERSH.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.