Herréra
surname · Latin script
Herréra is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. In Nicaragua it is the 11th most common surname. Recorded meaning: From herrería, from ferrería, from ferrero.
- NINicaragua≈1 in 150(inferred from the name graph)
- ECEcuador1 in 211
- VEVenezuela≈1 in 212
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- #204 (measured from records)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 498 (measured from records)
- 1 in 117 (inferred from the name graph)
192,711 people, 2010
of 19M surnames
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Costa Rica
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Herrera in AR Argentina, US United States, PE Peru and 5 more.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
From herrería, from ferrería, from ferrero.
Sources 2
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Wiktionary
Attested across 22 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Herréra counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | #407 | 192,711 | 1 in 1.7K | 193K | Herrera | 498 |
| AR Argentina | #25 | 172,671 | 1 in 263 | 173K | Herrera | 162 |
| CO Colombia | #27 | ≈160,000 est. | ≈1 in 303 | 110 | Herrera | 220 |
| VE Venezuela | #30 | ≈130,000 est. | ≈1 in 212 | 1K | Herrera | 131 |
| PE Peru | #40 | ≈100,000 est. | ≈1 in 319 | 304K | Herrera | 141 |
| EC Ecuador | — | 80,252 | 1 in 211 | 80K | Herrera | 107 |
| CR Costa Rica | — | 43,670 | 1 in 117 | 44K | — | 128 |
| NI Nicaragua | #11 | ≈41,000 est. | ≈1 in 150 | — | Herrera | 68 |
| SV El Salvador | #50 | ≈25,000 est. | ≈1 in 256 | 26K | Herrera | 94 |
192,711 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; RENIEC — DNI population names; asosab — SAIME ID-card names (1896–1996); the co-datosgov-candidates register; El Salvador top-100 surnames (surnam.es / RNPN-derived); INEC — civil registry names; TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Evidence(measured from records)
No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Herréra mean, and where does it come from?
- From herrería, from ferrería, from ferrero. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names and Wiktionary.
- In which country does Herréra have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 193 thousand people named Herréra, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled herrera.
- Where is Herréra most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Herréra is densest in Costa Rica — about 1 in 117 people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Herréra?
- In the United States, the national register counted 192,711 people named Herréra in 2010, about 1 in 1.7 thousand residents.
- How common is Herréra compared with other names?
- In the United States, Herréra is the 407th most common surname of 6,282,806 surnames recorded there.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Herréra” — the 407th most common surname in United States. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.