Häring

surname · Latin script

Meaning: Berufsname zu Hering 'Hering'; Fischer/Fischhändler

/heːʁɪŋ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Häring is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • NLNetherlands1 in 13K(measured from records)
  • DEGermany≈1 in 22K
  • USUnited States1 in 111K

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.

China (inferred from the name graph)

≈25,000 people, est.

Sources
285 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 9.2K (inferred from the name graph)

Austria, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Haring in US United States, NL Netherlands, AT Austria and 2 more and Haering in CH Switzerland.

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)

recorded in German

Berufsname zu Hering 'Hering'; Fischer/Fischhändler.

Sources 1

  • Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 5: Familiennamen nach Beruf und persönlichen Merkmalen

Attested across 25 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Häring 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.

Where Häring is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CN China—≈25,000 est.≈1 in 55K—Haring3
DE Germany—≈3,700 est.≈1 in 22K—Häring92
US United States—2,9971 in 111K3KHaring285
NL Netherlands—1,2961 in 13K1.3KHaring57
AT Austria#561≈970 est.≈1 in 9.2K—Haring66
CH Switzerland—7021 in 12K702Haering33
IE Ireland—≈200 est.≈1 in 26K—Haring2

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; CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames). 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).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Häring is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Haring, Háring

  • Spanish surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Argentina, Brazil, Chile

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Haring, Háring

  • Slovak surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Slovakia, Czechia, Poland, United States

    Languages: Slovak, Czech, Polish

    Also written Haring

  • French surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Netherlands, Switzerland

    Also written Haring

  • Croatian surname8 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Croatia, United States

    Also written Haring

  • Russian surname7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Finland, United States, Russia, Switzerland

    Languages: Russian, Ukrainian

    Also written Харинг, Haring, Kharing

14 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Häring is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In German, Berufsname zu mhd. hāring/ähnl. ‚Hering, Fischhändler/Fischer‘; 2373 Belege.

    as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 5: Familiennamen nach Beruf und persönlichen Merkmalen

  • In German, from a fish nickname; 'herring'

    as a nameDeutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung

  • In German, from Hering or HEER

    as a nameDeutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung

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)

1700180019002000Johann Baptist Häring, b. 1716Willibald Alexis, b. 1798Hugo Häring, b. 1882Georg Häring, b. 1885Hans Häring, b. 1908Bernhard Häring, b. 1912Hermann Häring, b. 1937Friedhelm Häring, b. 1947Norbert Häring, b. 1963Tanja Häring, b. 1976

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)

FormalSehr geehrte Damen und Herren,Dear Häring, (English)
InformalSehr geehrte Damen und Herren,Hello, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 9 sources across 5 countries.

Official registers attesting Häring
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
CH SwitzerlandBFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames)2024702#1,798

Reference works 3

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • 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

How do you pronounce Häring?
A machine transcription gives /heːʁɪŋ/ (IPA) for German.
What does the name Häring mean?
Recorded meaning: Berufsname zu Hering 'Hering'; Fischer/Fischhändler.
In which country does Häring have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 25 thousand people named Häring in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled haring.
How common is the name Häring?
In the United States, the national register counted 2,997 people named Häring in 2010, about 1 in 111 thousand residents.
How common is Häring compared with other names?
In Austria, Häring is the 561st most common surname of 127,275 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, “Häring” — the 561st most common surname in Austria. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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