Last Name HERRIN

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Meaning The son of Haring. It is observed that the prefix 'le' is never found in the early records, suggesting that the last name is not (at least in the majority of cases) a nickname taken from the fish. They are generally found inland also. It is quite certain, too, from such local names as Harrington, Herringhton, Herringham, Herringshaw, Herringswell, and Herringstone, that the personal title was of very early use. It may be regarded that most of Herrings are of fontal origin.
Origin English, Dutch, Irish, Belgian

Rank 4,284 (2000 US census) 4,601 (1990 US census)
Count 7,667 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 91.39%, or 7007 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 5.06%, or 388 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.47%, or 36 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.55%, or 42 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.54%, or 118 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 0.99%, or 76 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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