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Hirsch Ranking

In the United States, the name Hirsch is the 2,199th most popular surname with an estimated 14,922 people with that name. 1 However, in France, the name Hirsch is ranked the 3,409th most popular surname with an estimated 2,000 - 2,500 people with that name. 2


United States Hirsch migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Hirsch Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
  • Joseph Hirsch, who settled in Philadelphia in 1731
  • Peter Hirsch, who settled in Philadelphia in 1731
  • Simon Hirsch, who settled in Philadelphia Hirsch in 1740
  • Simon Hirsch, who settled in Philadelphia in 1740
  • Conrad Hirsch, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1740 3
  • ... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)
Hirsch Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Levy Hirsch, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1800 3
  • Christian Hirsch, who arrived in New York in 1834 3
  • John Hirsch, who landed in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pennsylvania in 1844 3
  • Jerome Hirsch, aged 17, who arrived in New Orleans, La in 1850 3
  • Simon Hirsch, aged 5, who landed in New York, NY in 1850 3
  • ... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)
Hirsch Settlers in United States in the 20th Century
  • Ludwig Hirsch, who arrived in Arkansas in 1902 3

Contemporary Notables of the name Hirsch (post 1700) +

  • Judd Hirsch (b. 1935), American Academy Award nominee film and television actor perhaps best known for his role in "Taxi", Independence Day: Resurgence (2016) and The Fabelmans (2022)
  • Walter E. Hirsch (1929-2022), American college basketball player who won three NCAA championships at the University of Kentucky, and for being a central figure in the point shaving scandal that impacted American college basketball in the 1950s
  • Nate Hirsch (1947-2016), American sports broadcaster, the "Voice of the Georgia Southern Eagles", inducted into the Georgia Radio Hall of Fame, the Statesboro High Hall of Fame, and the Georgia Southern Hall of Fame
  • Charles Sidney Hirsch (1937-2016), American forensic pathologist, Chief Medical Examiner of New York City from 1989 until 2013
  • Jack Hirsch (b. 1941), American former college basketball player for the UCLA Bruins
  • Paul Hirsch (b. 1945), Academy Award-winning American motion picture editor
  • Mario Hirsch (1949-2023), Luxembourgian political scientist and journalist
  • Eike Christian Hirsch (1937-2022), German journalist, author and television presenter
  • Burkhard Hirsch (1930-2020), German politician and civil liberties advocate, Vice President of the Bundestag (1994-1998)
  • Robert Hirsch (1925-2017), French comedian and actor, known for Hiver 54, l'abbé Pierre, Le Misanthrope and The Caretaker, César Award winner (1990)
  • ... (Another 3 notables are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)


Suggested Readings for the name Hirsch +

  • Descendants of Joseph Nicholas Ammann, Franz Felchi, John Jacob Hirsch and Joseph Marti by Albert Oscar Felchia.

  1. "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
  2. http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
  3. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)


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