Explore the Family Name Herath

The meaning of Herath

German: habitational name from Herrath near Düsseldorf, or a variant or an altered form of Hörath, from an ancient Germanic personal name composed of heri ‘army’ + hard ‘hard, strong’.

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How common is the last name Herath in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname Herath has seen significant growth between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it was the 89,549th most common surname in the U.S., but by 2010 it had jumped to 69,579th, an increase of 22.3% over a decade. In terms of actual counts, there were 192 individuals with this last name in the year 2000, whereas a decade later that number had grown to 282, marking a substantial rise of 46.88%. The proportion of individuals with this surname per 100,000 people also increased from 0.07 in 2000 to 0.1 in 2010, showing a 42.86% increase.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#89,549	#69,579	22.3%
Count	192	282	46.88%
Proportion per 100k	0.07	0.1	42.86%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Herath

The ethnic identity associated with the surname Herath exhibited changes as well between 2000 and 2010, according to the Decennial U.S. Census data. In 2000, 35.42% of the bearers of the surname identified as Asian/Pacific Islander, rising significantly to 51.06% in 2010. Those identifying with two or more races saw a slight increase from 3.13% to 3.19% during the same period. However, the percentage of those who identified as White dropped from 61.46% in 2000 to 44.33% in 2010. No changes were recorded for those identifying as Hispanic, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native, maintaining a constant at 0.00% throughout the decade.

	2000	2010	Change
Asian/Pacific Islander	35.42%	51.06%	44.16%
White	61.46%	44.33%	-27.87%
Two or More Races	3.13%	3.19%	1.92%
Hispanic	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%