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    The surname Halfacre

    A surname, carried by 1,108 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex H412

    Halfacre: #23,065 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Halfacre #23,065, 1,108 people Halfacre: #23,065 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Halfacre #23,065, 1,108 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Halfacre is more common than 85.8% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,108 people named Halfacre in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 278,651 Americans. That is up 8.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,020.

    #23,065
    rank among US surnames
    1,108
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +8.6%
    change since 2000 (was #23,300)

    Who is named Halfacre

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    80% of people named Halfacre identified as white (not Hispanic), 13% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.2% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 80%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 13%
    • Two or more races 3.2%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 2.3%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Hispanic, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Halfacre

    Halfacre has the Soundex code H412, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H412.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Halfacre?
    1,108 people in the United States had the surname Halfacre in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 278,651 Americans. It ranked 23,065th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Halfacre?
    In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Halfacre identified as white (not Hispanic), and 13% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Halfacre getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,020 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,108 in 2010, up 8.6%.