How common is the surname Hallam?

3,340 people in the United States had the surname Hallam in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 92,439 Americans. It ranked 9,712th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Hallam?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Hallam identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Hallam?

Roger Hallam, British climate activist.

Where is the surname Hallam most common?

Wikidata records people named Hallam in the United Kingdom.

Is the surname Hallam getting more or less common?

More common. 3,047 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,340 in 2010, up 9.6%.

The surname Hallam

A surname, carried by 3,340 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H450

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hallam is more common than 94% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,340 people named Hallam in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 92,439 Americans. That is up 9.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,047.

#9,712

rank among US surnames

3,340

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+9.6%

change since 2000 (was #9,798)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,708	Culler	3,343	92,356
#9,709	Mahmoud	3,342	92,383
#9,710	Gigliotti	3,341	92,411
#9,712	Hallam	3,340	92,439
#9,716	Haskin	3,339	92,466
#9,720	Mandell	3,337	92,522

Who is named Hallam

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

93% of people named Hallam identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.3%
Two or more races 1.1%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Hallams

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Roger Hallam
British climate activist, born 1966

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Hallam

Hallam 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 Hallam?: 3,340 people in the United States had the surname Hallam in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 92,439 Americans. It ranked 9,712th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hallam?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Hallam identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Hallam?: Roger Hallam, British climate activist.
Where is the surname Hallam most common?: Wikidata records people named Hallam in the United Kingdom.
Is the surname Hallam getting more or less common?: More common. 3,047 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,340 in 2010, up 9.6%.