Explore the Family Name Herdman

The meaning of Herdman

1. English and Scottish: variant of Hardman. 2. Americanized form of German Herdmann: occupational name for a tender of animals (see Herder).

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

Based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Herdman saw a slight decrease in rank between 2000 and 2010, moving from 16,714th to 17,565th. This is a change of -5.09 percent. However, the count of individuals bearing the Herdman name increased marginally from 1,576 to 1,601, marking a 1.59 percent growth over the decade. The proportion of people with this surname per 100,000 also experienced a decrease from 0.58 to 0.54, indicating a -6.9 percent shift.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#16,714	#17,565	-5.09%
Count	1,576	1,601	1.59%
Proportion per 100k	0.58	0.54	-6.9%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Herdman

The ethnic identity associated with the Herdman surname per the Decennial U.S. Census data shows minor changes between 2000 and 2010. The majority of individuals identified as White, with a minimal increase from 96.38 percent to 96.50 percent. The proportion identifying as Hispanic decreased slightly from 2.28 percent to 2.12 percent, a drop of -7.02 percent. There was a new appearance of Asian/Pacific Islander representation at 0.37 percent in 2010, where there had been none in 2000. Similarly, the percentage of people belonging to two or more races dropped from 0.82 percent to 0.50 percent, a decline of -39.02 percent. There were no reported instances of identification as Black or American Indian and Alaskan Native in either year.

	2000	2010	Change
White	96.38%	96.5%	0.12%
Hispanic	2.28%	2.12%	-7.02%
Two or More Races	0.82%	0.5%	-39.02%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0.37%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%