Herrscher
surname · Latin script
Meaning: agent noun of herrschen; ruler, monarch, sovereign
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/hɛɹʃɝ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Herrscher is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.
- CHSwitzerland1 in 1.4M(measured from records)
- USUnited States1 in 2.3M
- CRCosta Rica1 in 5.1M
carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- Sources
- 14 (measured from records)
- 1 in 1.4M (inferred from the name graph)
147 people, 2010
Highest-authority source
Switzerland
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
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)
agent noun of herrschen; ruler, monarch, sovereign
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 14 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Herrscher 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 | 147 | 1 in 2.3M | 147 | Herrscher | 5 |
| CH Switzerland | 6 | 1 in 1.4M | 6 | — | — |
| CR Costa Rica | 1 | 1 in 5.1M | 1 | — | 3 |
| BE Belgium | 1 | 1 in 12M | 1 | — | — |
| AR Argentina | — | — | — | Herrscher | 14 |
| CL Chile | — | — | — | Herrscher | 7 |
147 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: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names; Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register). 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).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Johanna Herrscherb. 1866DEholocaust victim, b. 1866-04-01
- Frieda Herrscherb. 1883DEHolocaust victim (born 1883)
- Rick Herrscherb. 1936USAmerican baseball player
- Enrique Herrscherb. 1944ARArgentine systems scientist
- Patrick Herrscherb. 1959FRFrench politician
- Floriane Herrscherb. 1984FRFrench basketball player (born 1984)
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 10 sources across 5 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 147 | #118,185 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 145 | #124,450 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 118 | #132,259 |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 6 | #89,778 |
| BE Belgium | Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register) | 2008 | 1 | #178,865 |
| CR Costa Rica | TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names | — | 1 | #20,322 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
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 Herrscher mean, and where does it come from?
- agent noun of herrschen; ruler, monarch, sovereign Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Herrscher?
- A machine transcription gives /hɛɹʃɝ/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Herrscher have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 147 people named Herrscher, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled herrscher.
- Where is Herrscher most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Herrscher is densest in Switzerland — about 1 in 1.4 million people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Herrscher?
- In the United States, the national register counted 147 people named Herrscher in 2010, about 1 in 2.3 million residents.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/herrscherThe 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, “Herrscher”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.