Herbert
24,361 people in the United States were counted with the surname Herbert in the 2020 census, making it the 1,422nd most common in the country. That is about one person in 12,300.
By the numbers
- People
- 24,361
- Rank
- 1,422nd
- How common
- 1 in 12,300
- Per 100,000
- 8.2
Where the name comes from
Origin a patronymic
From Old French Herbert, from Frankish *Hariberht.
Etymology from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Who bears the name
How people with the surname Herbert described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:
Notable people called Herbert
- Frank Herbert (1920–1986)American writer
- George Herbert (1593–1633)Welsh-born English poet, orator and Anglican priest
- George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon (1866–1923)British aristocrat
- Zbigniew Herbert (1924–1998)Polish writer and poet
- Johnny Herbert (born 1964)British racing driver
- Pierre-Hugues Herbert (born 1991)French tennis player
- Ricki Herbert (born 1961)New Zealand footballer
- Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury (1583–1648)English soldier and poet
People named Herbert with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).
Surnames like Herbert
Also a first name
Herbert has been given to 229,383 American babies as a first name since 1880, peaking in 1928. See it as a given name.
Try it on yourself
Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.