Herbert is used as a family name or surname in Saxon. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Herbert
No. of characters: 7
Origin: Saxon
Meaning: Personal name of Germanic origin, Hariberht (hari = army = + Berht gloss). From Here, a soldier and beorht, bright hence an expert soldier, or the glory of an army; famous in war. The name is very widespread in the Vendée, in the English Channel and the Aisne. Alternative: Herber

How popular is Herbert?

Herbert is common in Uganda.

Herbert is ranked 5240 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Herbert bearers increased by 4.729622 per cent in 2010 US census to 26417 since 2000, the surname slipped by 49 spots and ranked at 1334. The last name was found in around 90 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 71.61 74.61
Black 20.45 20.02
Hispanic or Latino 4.2 2.45
Others 2.03 1.4
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.94 0.88
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.78 0.64
Herbert is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Saint Kitts and Nevis is ahead in terms of density. Around 104326 people have been found who wears Herbert as their family name. Herbert is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
4,296 China10
837 Grenada10
3,712 Iceland10
9,568 Thailand8
183 Anguilla7
24,420 Saudi Arabia6
1,346 Bermuda6
8,217 Sri Lanka6
25,156 Azerbaijan5
7,113 Costa Rica5
1,520 Marshall Islands4
8,689 Pakistan4
1,667 Cambodia4
14,193 Egypt3
4,899 Ivory Coast3
3,707 Malawi3
1,850 Papua New Guinea3
1,549 Suriname3
4,138 Bahrain3
8,926 Cameroon3
338 Cape Verde3
37,372 Georgia2
10,284 Kuwait2
1,256 Myanmar2
44,018 Poland2
2,151 Fiji2
6,900 Oman2
3,791 Namibia2
28,083 Romania2
6,266 Luxembourg2
5,318 Iraq2
3,014 Taiwan2
7,941 Guatemala1
8,828 Puerto Rico1
42,479 Greece1
2,935 Madagascar1
199,150 Kazakhstan1
2,578 Guam1
6,820 Angola1
37,779 Serbia1
2,613 The Bahamas1
3,586 Honduras1
2,037 Cayman Islands1
53,505 Turkey1
3,993 El Salvador1
8,371 Syria1
8,500 Dominican Republic1
573 Vanuatu1
19,810 Croatia1
7,292 Vietnam1
2,505 Congo1
8,181 Botswana1
24,771 Colombia1
5,589 Sudan1
25,746 Finland1
2,715 Gabon1
1,254 Gibraltar1
4,435 Togo1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
587 Saint Lucia50
295 United States Virgin Islands48
7,175 Singapore41
17,488 Norway39
91 British Virgin Islands39
18,843 Chile36
37,929 United Arab Emirates28
144,672 Ukraine24
313,372 Russia23
1,021 Malta21
699 Isle of Man21
3,546 Senegal21
45,841 Philippines14
65,188 Czech Republic13
5,153 Japan12
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
676 Belize93
67,110 Italy90
6,803 Denmark89
148 Antigua and Barbuda82
2,783 Jamaica71
385 New Caledonia69
315 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines66
17,264 Israel59
217 Jersey56
7,402 Portugal55
Countries with hundreds of Herbert:
949 Austria891
806 Ireland852
969 Scotland847
353 Trinidad and Tobago632
2,410 Hungary524
6,557 Ghana399
5,583 Malaysia379
4,917 Venezuela351
5,335 Belgium334
18 Saint Kitts and Nevis319
84,379 India280
10,266 Netherlands275
233 Barbados271
4,390 Switzerland270
43,531 Germany251
15,304 Spain216
1,918 Panama179
10,618 Zimbabwe178
1,470 Hong Kong166
1,763 Northern Ireland143
6,823 Sweden138
40,399 Argentina119
72,789 Indonesia116
12,632 Peru114
1,140 Guyana113
4,506 Uruguay110
Countries with thousands of Herbert:
451 Australia6,398
1,105 South Africa5,972
4,057 Nigeria5,961
3,245 Brazil4,420
1,929 France3,649
1,667 Canada3,063
2,920 Mexico2,696
306 New Zealand1,886
480 Liberia1,377
248 Wales1,309
4,634 Tanzania1,107
5,070 Kenya1,099
Countries with ten thousands of Herbert:
1,247 United States30,761
475 England14,202
590 Uganda10,642
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Michael Herbert worked as workman and hailed from Ireland. During the great famine, 37 years old embarked for USA from Liverpool on Cambridge and arrived on May 8, 1846. Ann Herbert, aged 36, Workman Lany Herbert, Ellen Herbert (20) Maid, John Herbert, aged 24, 16 years old Ann Herbert, 27 years old James Herbert, 18 years old Kmir Herbert, Maid Bridget Herbert, and 106 other Herbert around 48.15% of whom were workman while others worked as servant and farmer, spinster, shoemaker, carpenter migrated to US.

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Augusta Mayon
Herbert is a very frequent surname, represents the personal name of Germanic origin heriberht, consists of heri meaning Army and Berht which means famous, old nickname warrior.

Herbert Namesakes

    James Herbert, English horror writer who initially worked as an art director for an advertising agency
  • Vincent Herbert, Songwriter
  • Muriel Herbert, Composer
  • W. Herbert Brewster, Composer
  • Hilary A. Herbert, Member of the United States House of Representatives
  • Kurt Herbert Adler, Conductor
  • Muriel Herbert, Composer
  • Muriel Herbert, Composer
  • Henry Herbert, 4th Earl of Carnarvon, Earl of Carnarvon
  • John Herbert Alger, Painter
  • Aubrey Herbert, Diplomat
  • JD Dan Herbert portrayed the minor character of Stuart Smith in 2018 drama film Patricia's Independence.
  • Becky Herbert characterized critical role of Becky Hart in 0 comedy and crime flick Mugsey Grant Final Battle.
  • In 2014 comedy, drama movie, From Leicester to Hollywood, Christopher J. Herbert portrayed Rhys.

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