Hergott Name Origin and Family Crest

If a Hergott family bore arms, our report explains whose they were and what the blazon shows.

Family name meaning

The Hergott last name has German roots. The usual explanation, from Elsdon Smith, is “descendant of Heregod (army, Goth), or of Hariger (army, spear)”.

Like many surnames, it grew out of a personal name. The name also appears as Herigodt, Herget and Hergert. The 2010 census count for Hergott in the United States was 402, good for rank 51,723. That is enough to place it in the top 100,000 American surnames. From 1891 to 2000, 636 births in France were registered under Hergott. Births ran at 40 in 1891–1900 and 46 in 1991–2000.

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