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Herring

in Illinois

There are 797 people with the last name "Herring" in Illinois.

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Ranking in Illinois

NameRank
Herring 1,335
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  1. is 1,331st most common Schrader
  2. is 1,332nd most common Dejesus
  3. is 1,333rd most common Hankins
  4. is 1,334th most common Hartmann
  5. is 1,335th most common Herring
  6. is 1,336th most common Moeller
  7. is 1,337th most common Diamond
  8. is 1,338th most common Rucker
  9. is 1,339th most common Barth

Similar Names and Nicknames

Herrera, Herron, Herrington, Herrmann, Herrick, Herr, Herrin, Herren, Herrell, Herrman

Most Common First Names for Herring

Michael, William, Charles, Mary, Richard, James, John, David, Christopher, Donna

Meaning & History

English, Scottish, Dutch, and German: metonymic occupational name for a herring fisher or for a seller of the fish, Middle English hering, Dutch haring, Middle High German hærinc. In some cases it may have been a nickname in the sense of a trifle, something of little value, a meaning which is found in medieval phrases and proverbial expressions such as ‘to like neither herring nor barrel’, i.e. not to like something at all.

German: habitational name from Herringen in Westphalia.

Dutch: from a personal name, a derivative of a Germanic compound name with the first element hari, heri ‘army’.

Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant spelling of Hering.

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