Herald is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Herald
No. of characters: 6
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Herald

How popular is Herald?

Herald is common in United States.

Herald is ranked 65653 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Herald bearers increased by 6.691542 per cent in 2010 US census to 4289 since 2000, the surname slipped by 114 spots and ranked at 7739. The last name was found in around 14 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 90.58 92.39
Black 3.99 3.68
Hispanic or Latino 2.61 1.82
Others 1.35 1.27
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.03 0.65
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.44 0.2
Herald is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Northern Ireland is ahead in terms of density. Around 6929 people have been found who wears Herald as their family name. Herald is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
27,602 Nigeria4
19,452 Malaysia3
10,329 Pakistan3
8,995 Uganda2
33,202 Saudi Arabia2
960 Saint Lucia2
12,172 Ghana2
31,767 Greece2
4,104 South Korea2
20,595 China2
10,267 Sri Lanka2
9,185 Hong Kong2
65,594 Belgium2
7,292 Vietnam1
169,904 Brazil1
8,181 Botswana1
12,741 Ecuador1
29,774 Venezuela1
120,357 Argentina1
1,176 Antigua and Barbuda1
26,040 Trinidad and Tobago1
7,847 Albania1
134,667 Zimbabwe1
11,486 Estonia1
3,350 Fiji1
29,595 Iran1
31,207 Ireland1
153,416 Italy1
28,365 Kenya1
3,275 Nepal1
5,467 Haiti1
21,562 Portugal1
49,529 Israel1
36,678 Singapore1
6,212 Jamaica1
77,122 Sweden1
14,644 Tunisia1
492,292 Ukraine1
20,172 Hungary1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
3,642 Northern Ireland48
14,946 New Zealand38
220,163 Indonesia29
406,964 Russia14
78,557 Netherlands13
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
19,740 Romania84
42,464 Canada75
117,149 France73
13,832 United Arab Emirates69
7,449 Scotland66
Countries with hundreds of Herald:
27,752 Philippines451
16,752 South Africa365
89,636 India255
20,671 England253
28,858 Tanzania134
71,225 Germany134
22,464 Australia110
Countries with thousands of Herald:
8,039 United States4,662
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Workman Michael Herald from Ireland aboard the Liberty from Glasgow during the Irish famine. He is registered to be 20 years old when he arrived in USA on April 5, 1851. 25 years old Ellen Herald, Samuel Herald (27) Farmer, 50 years old Rose Herald, 22 years old Rose Herald, 19 years old Ann Herald, Patrick Herald, 12 years old Elizabeth Herald, Bridget Herald, are other Herald that migrated to US.

Herald Namesakes

  • John Herald, Songwriter
  • Chandos Herald, Author
  • Tory Herald, Casting Director
  • Heinz Herald, Screenwriter
  • William Herald, Freestyle swimmer
  • Toby Herald, American Politician
  • Jacqueline Herald, Author
  • Peter V. Herald, Film producer
  • Diana Herald, Author
  • Alice Herald, Singer

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