Explore the Family Name Hergert

The meaning of Hergert

German: from an ancient Germanic personal name, Herger, composed of the elements heri, hari ‘army’ + gēr, gār ‘spear’. Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Ernst, Otto.

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

Based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Hergert saw a decrease in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it ranked 22,053 in popularity with a count of 1,095 bearers per every 100,000 people in the US. By 2010, its rank had fallen to 27,354, with a count of 883 bearers per every 100,000 people, marking a decline of 19.36%. This indicates a change in popularity by -24.04% over a decade.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#22,053	#27,354	-24.04%
Count	1,095	883	-19.36%
Proportion per 100k	0.41	0.3	-26.83%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Hergert

The ethnicity associated with the surname Hergert also changed between 2000 and 2010 according to the Decennial U.S. Census. The majority of Hergerts identified as White in both years, though there was a slight decrease of 0.51%. There were no reported individuals identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander or American Indian and Alaskan Native bearing the Hergert surname in 2000, but by 2010, there was a small percentage (0.91%) who identified as Asian/Pacific Islander. The proportion of individuals with this surname identifying as Hispanic more than doubled from 0.73% to 1.47%. Conversely, the percentage of those identifying as Black dropped completely from 0.91% in 2000 to none reported in 2010. Those identifying with two or more races also decreased slightly, by 17.52%.

	2000	2010	Change
White	96.53%	96.04%	-0.51%
Hispanic	0.73%	1.47%	101.37%
Two or More Races	1.37%	1.13%	-17.52%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0.91%	0%
Black	0.91%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%