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    The surname Halferty

    An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 566 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex H416

    Halferty: #38,948 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Halferty #38,948, 566 people Halferty: #38,948 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Halferty #38,948, 566 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Halferty is more common than 76% of them.

    Origin

    Irish origin

    Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó hAilbheartaigh (“descendant of Ailbeartach”), a personal probably derived from ilbeartach (“accomplished”).

    Halferty is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

    One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 566 people named Halferty in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 545,487 Americans. That is up 4.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 544.

    #38,948
    rank among US surnames
    566
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4%
    change since 2000 (was #38,263)

    Who is named Halferty

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

    96% of people named Halferty identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Hilferty

    Surnames that sound like Halferty

    Halferty has the Soundex code H416, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H416.

    Other Irish surnames

    All 880 Irish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Halferty come from?
    Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó hAilbheartaigh (“descendant of Ailbeartach”), a personal probably derived from ilbeartach (“accomplished”).
    How common is the surname Halferty?
    566 people in the United States had the surname Halferty in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 545,487 Americans. It ranked 38,948th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Halferty?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Halferty identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    What type of surname is Halferty?
    Halferty is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
    Is the surname Halferty getting more or less common?
    More common. 544 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 566 in 2010, up 4.0%.
    What are other spellings of Halferty?
    Hilferty.