Popularity of the last name by country
Germany
- Hessen (7,778)
- Bayern (1,368)
- Baden-Württemberg (1,193)
- Nordrhein-Westfalen (1,179)
- Rheinland Pfalz (947)
- Saarland (688)
- Brandenburg (210)
- Berlin (156)
- Niedersachsen (137)
- Bremen (88)
- Thuringen (76)
- Sachsen (49)
- Hamburg (31)
- Mecklenburg Vorpommern (26)
- Sachsen Anhalt (11)
- Schleswig Holstein (6)
All countries
- France (170,822)
- United Kingdom (136,033)
- United States (55,317)
- Germany (15,381)
- Australia (9,225)
- Ireland (8,983)
- New Zealand (8,916)
- Hungary (4,779)
- Romania (4,632)
- Unknown country (4,347)
- Netherlands (3,550)
- Canada (2,547)
- Austria (1,775)
- Italy (892)
- Switzerland (891)
- Belgium (864)
- Sweden (624)
- India (348)
- Spain (295)
- Latvia (265)
- Luxembourg (200)
- Turkey (186)
- Czech republic (175)
- Egypt (142)
- Denmark (134)
- Bermuda (124)
- Norway (116)
- Mexico (113)
- Colombia (109)
- Algeria (107)
- South Africa (99)
- Slovakia (Slovak Republic) (96)
- Russian Federation (90)
- China (89)
- Poland (77)
- Greece (73)
- Estonia (61)
- Saint Kitts and Nevis (61)
- Venezuela (60)
- Indonesia (56)
Origine of last name
HERBERT : 1: German English and French: from a personal name composed of the ancient Germanic elements heri hari ‘army’ + berht ‘bright famous’. In Britain this Old French name introduced by the Normans reinforced the less common Old English cognate Herebeorht. The surname was taken to Ireland after the Anglo-Norman invasion and in the 16th century.2: Jewish (Ashkenazic): from the German personal name (see 1 above).
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