Herger
surname · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Herger is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States. Recorded meaning: Aus einem Rufnamen mit Zweitglied ahd./altsächs.
- USUnited States
- CHSwitzerland
- HRCroatia
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)
Aus einem Rufnamen mit Zweitglied ahd./altsächs. gēr „Speer“; 205 Träger.
Sources 1
- Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
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Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Herger is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, alter deutscher männl. Vom. (ahd. heri »Kriegsschar, Heer« + ahd. ger »Speer«).
as a nameDUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Pál Hergerb. 1800HUHungarian politician (1800-1890)
- Johann Ernst Hergerb. 1812DEGerman rose breeder, 1812-1881
- Edmund Hergerb. 1860DEGerman artist, 1860-1907
- Wolfgang Hergerb. 1935DEGerman politician
- Peter Hergerb. 1941CHSwiss entomologist
- Wally Hergerb. 1945USAmerican politician
- Eszter Hergerb. 1972HUHungarian legal historian (1972–)
- Nils Hergerb. 1977CHresearcher (ORCID 0000-0003-2641-3412)
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).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 15 sources across 7 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 1.8K | #547 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 201 | #96,965 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 185 | #98,099 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 182 | #93,427 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 77 | #76,923 |
| HR Croatia | DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form) | 2021 | 35 | #16,691 |
| HR Croatia | DZS — Učestalost prezimena (Popis 2021) | 2021 | 31 | — |
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national) | — | 28 | — |
| CZ Czechia | MVČR — living population register 2017 | — | 14 | #65,673 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 4
- 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
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Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Herger mean?
- Recorded meaning: Aus einem Rufnamen mit Zweitglied ahd./altsächs.
- In which country does Herger have the most bearers?
- Herger is most frequently recorded in the United States.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Herger”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.