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The surname Halim

A surname, carried by 1,352 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H450

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Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Halim is more common than 87.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,352 people named Halim in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 228,362 Americans. That is up 30% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,041.

#19,878
rank among US surnames
1,352
people in 2010
0.5
per 100,000 Americans
+29.9%
change since 2000 (was #22,949)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#19,878Jacobowitz1,352228,362
#19,885Farabaugh1,351228,531

Who is named Halim

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

53% of people named Halim identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 33% as white (not Hispanic) and 6.5% as Black (not Hispanic).

  • Asian and Pacific Islander 53%
  • White (not Hispanic) 33%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 6.5%
  • Two or more races 6.2%
The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Hispanic, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Halim

Halim has the Soundex code H450, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H450.

Questions

How common is the surname Halim?
1,352 people in the United States had the surname Halim in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 228,362 Americans. It ranked 19,878th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Halim?
In the 2010 Census, 53% of people named Halim identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 33% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Halim getting more or less common?
More common. 1,041 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,352 in 2010, up 30%.