Herold is used as a family name or surname in Scotland, Germany. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Herold
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Scotland, Germany
Meaning:

Variant of Herald or Harold meaning "powerful warrior".

How popular is Herold?

Herold is common in Germany, United States, Austria, France, Brazil, Hungary, South Africa, Canada, Czechia, Denmark, Australia, Switzerland, Poland, Argentina, England, Dominican Republic.

Herold is ranked 14689 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Herolds plummeted by 0.17 per cent to 5705 since 2000 and slipped by 451 spots and ranked at 6028. The last name was found in around 2 per hundred thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 92.85 94.42
Hispanic or Latino 2.77 1.94
Black 2.05 1.7
Others 1.4 1.12
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.68 0.56
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.25 0.26
Herold is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Germany which signifies its Germany provenence. Around 37924 people have been found who wears Herold as their family name. Herold is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with ten thousands of Herold:
358 Germany24,001
Countries with thousands of Herold:
5,371 United States8,267
Countries with hundreds of Herold:
1,763 Austria685
16,948 France587
15,636 Brazil520
2,470 Hungary444
16,083 South Africa388
10,500 Canada382
4,799 Czechia358
2,192 Denmark260
11,916 Australia254
5,242 Switzerland227
26,540 Poland192
25,164 Argentina135
28,295 England134
4,002 Dominican Republic116
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
117,076 Thailand100
8,745 Sweden80
40,185 Tanzania76
212,115 India66
8,933 Finland66
1,516 Luxembourg62
34,544 Netherlands60
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
10,980 Serbia43
8,998 Haiti41
14,299 Chile30
42,948 Belgium28
21,299 Croatia26
21,725 Peru23
59,312 Malaysia21
27,149 Norway20
12,771 Estonia19
13,576 Wales14
72,236 Spain12
25,625 United Arab Emirates12
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
111,715 Italy10
8,067 Panama10
6,837 Cuba10
88,623 Papua New Guinea10
8,089 Paraguay10
291,344 Nigeria9
303,897 Ukraine7
25,488 Scotland7
75,466 Israel6
89,472 Belarus6
26,877 Uruguay6
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Immigrants to US

From Germany

23 years old farmer Valentin Herold who was residing in Germany migrated to USA on February 23, 1850 by Louvre put out from Havre. Matthias Herold (29) Farmer, Barbara Herold (22) Farmer, Barbara Herold, aged 8, Marguerite Herold (32) Farmer, Louis Herold (19) Farmer, Christian Herold (25) Shoemaker, Lender Carl Herold, 17 years old Moritz Herold, and 604 other Herold around 43.09% of whom were farmer while others worked as shoemaker and laborer, smith, tailor, baker, tinman, merchant, coachman, locksmith, joiner, servant, cartwright, butcher, clerk, daughter, weaver, cloth manufacturer, mason, brewer, undefined code, miner, painter, dressmaker, bricklayer, boot &, shoe maker, cigar maker migrated to US from Hamburg, Rotterdam, Havre and Bremen.

Herold Namesakes

  • Jens-Peter Herold, retired German middle-distance runner
  • Sabine Herold, French classical liberal activist and main spokeswoman of Alternative libérale
  • Vilhelm Herold, operatic tenor, voice teacher
  • David Herold, accomplice of John Wilkes Booth
  • Don Herold, contributor to national magazines

Herold Namesakes

  • Jens-Peter Herold, retired German middle-distance runner
  • Sabine Herold, French classical liberal activist and main spokeswoman of Alternative libérale
  • Vilhelm Herold, operatic tenor, voice teacher
  • David Herold, accomplice of John Wilkes Booth
  • Don Herold, contributor to national magazines

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