Herben
surname · Latin script
Meaning: inflection of herb:
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ˈhɝbən/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Herben is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the Netherlands.
- NLNetherlands
- BEBelgium
- AUAustralia
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
inflection of herb:
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
No national register we accept counts this name’s bearers, so the page lists where it is found and publishes no figure.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Jan Herbenb. 1857CZCzech politician, historian, publicist and bookwriter (1857–1936)
- Stephen J. Herben, Jr.b. 1897USAmerican philologist
- Ivan Herbenb. 1900CZCzechoslovak journalist
- Tomáš Herbenb. 1956CZresearcher
- Luuk Herbenb. 2000NLcyclist from the Netherlands
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 15 sources across 8 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NL Netherlands | CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007) | 2007 | 651 | #2,844 |
| BE Belgium | Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register) | 2008 | 62 | #22,426 |
| CZ Czechia | MVČR — living population register 2017 | — | 5 | #121,499 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 5
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
- Kotík, Antonín, Naše příjmení (nové vydání, 1897)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Herben mean, and where does it come from?
- inflection of herb: Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Herben?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈhɝbən/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Herben have the most bearers?
- Herben is most frequently recorded in the Netherlands.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/herbenThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Herben”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.