Current Usage
Herzog was borrowed into many other languages with the chief meaning of the word being "Duke", such as Russian gertsog, Belarusian hertsag, Ukrainian hertsog, Serbia/Croatian/Bosnian herceg (e.g., Herzegovina), Bulgarian hertsog, Latvian hercogs, Lithuanian hercogas, Estonian hertsog, Finnish herttua, and Hungarian herceg, and Danish/Norwegian/Icelandic/Swedish: hertug/hertogi/hertig. Herzog
Herzog also translated into other languages as the equivalent of duke, e.g. Italian Duca, Danish hertug, Afrikaans hertog, Dutch hertog, Icelandic hertogi, Luxemburgish Herzog, Norwegian hertug, Swedish hertig, Spanish and Portuguese duque, Russian герцог.
Herzog is not uncommon as a surname in German-speaking countries. The surname does not indicate an aristocratic origin (as the family name "King" in English does not indicate a royal ancestry).
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