How common is the surname Halladay?

1,731 people in the United States had the surname Halladay in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 178,363 Americans. It ranked 16,575th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Halladay?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Halladay identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Halladay?

Roy Halladay, American Hall of Fame baseball player (1977-2017).

Where is the surname Halladay most common?

Wikidata records people named Halladay in the United States.

Is the surname Halladay getting more or less common?

More common. 1,622 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,731 in 2010, up 6.7%.

The surname Halladay

A surname, carried by 1,731 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex H430

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Halladay is more common than 89.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,731 people named Halladay in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 178,363 Americans. That is up 6.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,622.

#16,575

rank among US surnames

1,731

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+6.7%

change since 2000 (was #16,349)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,570	Gokey	1,732	178,260
#16,575	Gaw	1,731	178,363
#16,582	Aune	1,730	178,466

Who is named Halladay

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

95% of people named Halladay identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.0%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Halladays

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Roy Halladay
American Hall of Fame baseball player (1977-2017)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Halladay

Halladay has the Soundex code H430, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H430.

Questions

How common is the surname Halladay?: 1,731 people in the United States had the surname Halladay in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 178,363 Americans. It ranked 16,575th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Halladay?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Halladay identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Halladay?: Roy Halladay, American Hall of Fame baseball player (1977-2017).
Where is the surname Halladay most common?: Wikidata records people named Halladay in the United States.
Is the surname Halladay getting more or less common?: More common. 1,622 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,731 in 2010, up 6.7%.