How common is the surname Hall?

407,076 people in the United States had the surname Hall in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 758 Americans. It ranked 45th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Hall?

John L. Hall, American physicist (born 1934), followed by Asaph Hall.

The surnameHall

A place surname, the 45th most common in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex H400

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hall is more common than 99.9% of them.

Origin

* As an English, Scottish, Irish, German, Norwegian, Danish, Swedish surname: all from the noun hall. The name was likely reinforced by similar sounding words such as Swedish häll (“rock slab”). * As a Chinese surname, variant Romanization of 何, 賀 /贺 (hè), see He. ** (locomotive): The locomotives were named after English and Welsh country houses with 'Hall' in their titles. ** (British and Scandinavian surnames): From the buildings, halls

Hall is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 407,076 people named Hall in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 758 Americans. That is down 14% since 2000, when the Census counted 473,568.

#45

rank among US surnames

407,076

people in 2010

138

per 100,000 Americans

-14%

change since 2000 (was #30)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#36	Scott	439,530	702
#37	Torres	437,813	705
#38	Nguyen	437,645	705
#39	Hill	434,827	710
#40	Flores	433,969	711
#41	Green	430,182	718
#42	Adams	427,865	722

Who is named Hall

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

73% of people named Hall identified as white (not Hispanic), 22% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 73%
Black (not Hispanic) 22%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 2.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Halls

161 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

John L. Hall
American physicist (born 1934)
Asaph Hall
American astronomer (1829–1907)
Michael C. Hall
American actor, born 1971
Jeffrey C. Hall
American geneticist and chronobiologist, born 1945
G. Stanley Hall
American psychologist and educator (1844–1924)
Philip Baker Hall
American actor (1931–2022)
Regina Hall
American actress (born 1970)
Jerry Hall
American model, born 1956
Robert Hall
American economist, born 1943
Kevin Peter Hall
American actor (1955–1991)
Edwin Hall
American physicist (1855–1938)
Anthony Michael Hall
American actor, born 1968

Notable Halls come mostly from the United States (138), the United Kingdom (9) and Australia (8).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Hall

Hall has the Soundex code H400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H400.

Questions

Where does the surname Hall come from?: * As an English, Scottish, Irish, German, Norwegian, Danish, Swedish surname: all from the noun hall. The name was likely reinforced by similar sounding words such as Swedish häll (“rock slab”). * As a Chinese surname, variant Romanization of 何, 賀 /贺 (hè), see He. ** (locomotive): The locomotives…
How common is the surname Hall?: 407,076 people in the United States had the surname Hall in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 758 Americans. It ranked 45th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hall?: In the 2010 Census, 73% of people named Hall identified as white (not Hispanic), and 22% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Hall?: John L. Hall, American physicist (born 1934), followed by Asaph Hall.