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Last name Herd (Herd , 赫德 , هيرد) , around the world, is a common surname. The cognomen Herd is characteristic of New Zealand, where it is quite a common surname, the United Kingdom, where it is quite a rare surname, and Australia. Measured by absolute frequency, it is the most numerous in the United States, the United Kingdom, and New Zealand. Very seldom, Herd is the forename as well as the last name.