as a Last Name
- 1,581
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Herdman
Meaning & Origins
English (chiefly Northumbria): occupational name for a tender of animals, normally a cowherd or shepherd, from Middle English herde + man ‘man’. The surname is also found in Ireland, where it dates back to around the 14th century.
| 15,956th in the U.S. for 2011 |
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Quick facts
- Hundreds
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 1,581
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- West Virginia
- has the most people named Herdman per capita
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