Last Name HERON

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Meaning Nickname: The heron. Similar to names like Crane, Stork, Nawk, etc.
The family bear a heron argent, in their arms, whence probably the name.
A hero.
Origin English, Scottish, Welsh, Irish, Falkland, Belgian, Zimbabwean, Hungarian

Rank 8,519 (2000 US census) 7,833 (1990 US census)
Count 3,561 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 69.76%, or 2484 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 20.86%, or 743 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.73%, or 26 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.53%, or 19 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 2.81%, or 100 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 5.31%, or 189 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


Shortest last names

 The 2000 USA census contains no surnames with ONE character. The shortest last names there have at least two characters in them. We found 175 of those. It does not mean that a one character name does not exist. The census data only contain surnames that occurred at lea...

Scottish surnames

 Scottish last names divide themselves into two classes: Highland and Lowland.
In very few instances the names were considered before the eleventh century. They became significantly better known only since the thirteen century.
Just like English and other last n...

Ukrainian middle names

 Ukrainian middle names form the same way as Russian ones, except that for girls, the patronymic ending is '-ivna' rather than '-ovna' or '-evna.' Follow the Russian middle names link to get any additional information.

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