The Spanish surname Herrera is a habitational name from villages so called in the provinces of Seville and Badajoz, from a word meaning ‘iron smithy’, ‘blacksmith’s forge’ (a derivative of hierro ‘iron’, Latin ferrum). A noted bearer of the name Herrera was Fernando de Herrera (1534–1597), called "El Divino", he was a 16th-century Spanish poet and man of letters born in Sevilla. Today there are approximately 140,000 bearers of the surname Herrera living in The United States. Notable bearers of the surname Herrera include Carlos Herrera the Guatemalan politician from 30 March 1920 to 15 September 1920, and President of Guatemala from 16 September 1920 until 10 December 1921. He was born on October 26th 1856 in Guatemala and died on JUly 3rd 1830 in Paris, France.