# Haldane (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/haldane/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Old Norse.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Norse |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 365 |
| US rank (2010) | 56,073 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 845,878 people |
| Change since 2000 | +8.0% (338 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Scottish surname from Old Norse Halfdanr, a personal name composed by the elements halfr (“half”) + Danr (“Dane”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Haldane in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 83% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 6.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.9% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 6.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Haldane in the United Kingdom.

## People named Haldane

- Aylmer Haldane, British Army general (1862-1950)

## Similar surnames

Halton, Haldeman, Holdman, Holden, Hilton, Helton, Holton, Hylton, Holtman, Haltom, Holding, Hultman.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.