Last Name HERRING

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Meaning	The son of Haring. It is observed that the prefix 'le' is never found in the early records, suggesting that the last name is not (at least in the majority of cases) a nickname taken from the fish. They are generally found inland also. It is quite certain, too, from such local names as Harrington, Herringhton, Herringham, Herringshaw, Herringswell, and Herringstone, that the personal title was of very early use. It may be regarded that most of Herrings are of fontal origin. 'Hirring,' a town in the Diocese of Alburg, Denmark.

Origin	English, Jewish, Dutch, Irish, Austrian, Belgian

Rank	841 (2000 US census)	690 (1990 US census)

Count	37,353 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

74.74%, or 27918 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
21.57%, or 8057 total occurrences, as black,
0.39%, or 146 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.39%, or 146 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.41%, or 527 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.5%, or 560 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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