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The hering Surname

hering Name Meaning and History

  1. German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): from Middle High German hærinc ‘herring’, German Hering, a nickname for someone supposedly resembling a herring or a metonymic occupational name for a fish seller. In some cases the Jewish surname is ornamental.
  2. English: variant spelling of Herring.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of hering Families in the US in 1920
Number of hering families
 33-64
 12-32		 1-11
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Hering message board


Threads: 57 - Messages: 204
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HERING DETROIT GARYHERING 3
HERING GARYHERING 9
Hering/Heryng, David, Jacob, Bennie firedoc0 0
Hering/Heryng, David, Jacob, Bennie firedoc0 0
Julius Hering Gary Hering 2
Looking for Grimm in Texas Mary Merz 2
Please Help!! Marie 3
HERING/QUILLEN fhc3330931 2
Aaron Hering b. 23 Sep 1796 Marion South Carolina edwardtysonphipps 1
Hering Theresa_Lucke 3
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