How common is the surname Haller?

9,992 people in the United States had the surname Haller in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 30,899 Americans. It ranked 3,568th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Haller?

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

Who is the most famous person named Haller?

Marco Haller, Austrian road bicycle racer, followed by Frank Haller.

Where is the surname Haller most common?

Wikidata records people named Haller in the United States, Austria and Angola and 2 other countries.

Is the surname Haller getting more or less common?

More common. 9,562 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,992 in 2010, up 4.5%.

The surname Haller

An occupational surname, carried by 9,992 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H460

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Haller is more common than 97.8% of them.

Origin

* As an English and German surname, from hall + -er. * As a Alemannic German surname, variant of Halter, a noun meaning "shepherd, owner, holder." * Also as a German surname, variant of Heller. * As a Austrian German surname, from several placenames involving the element Hall meaning "salt," such as Halle in Saxony.

Haller is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 9,992 people named Haller in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 30,899 Americans. That is up 4.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 9,562.

#3,568

rank among US surnames

9,992

people in 2010

3.4

per 100,000 Americans

+4.5%

change since 2000 (was #3,426)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,559	Harter	10,020	30,813
#3,560	Tuck	10,018	30,819
#3,561	Mauldin	10,011	30,841
#3,562	Nilson	10,010	30,844
#3,563	Blaylock	10,008	30,850
#3,564	Moriarty	10,005	30,859
#3,567	Starling	10,004	30,862

Who is named Haller

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

93% of people named Haller identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
Two or more races 1.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Hallers

8 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Marco Haller
Austrian road bicycle racer, born 1991
Frank Haller
Boxer (1883–1939)
Ernest Haller
American cinematographer (1896–1970)
Maria Haller
Angolan diplomat, journalist, teacher and writer (1923-2006)
Daniel Haller
American film and television director, 1929–2024
Gordon Haller
American triathlete, born 1950
Johannes Haller
Baltic German medievalist (1865-1947)
Jacques Haller
Belgian rower, 1897–1961

Notable Hallers come mostly from the United States (4), Austria (1) and Angola (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Haller

Haller has the Soundex code H460, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H460.

Questions

Where does the surname Haller come from?: * As an English and German surname, from hall + -er. * As a Alemannic German surname, variant of Halter, a noun meaning "shepherd, owner, holder." * Also as a German surname, variant of Heller. * As a Austrian German surname, from several placenames involving the element Hall meaning "salt," such…
How common is the surname Haller?: 9,992 people in the United States had the surname Haller in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 30,899 Americans. It ranked 3,568th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Haller?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Haller identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Haller?: Marco Haller, Austrian road bicycle racer, followed by Frank Haller.
Where is the surname Haller most common?: Wikidata records people named Haller in the United States, Austria and Angola and 2 other countries.
What type of surname is Haller?: Haller is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Haller getting more or less common?: More common. 9,562 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,992 in 2010, up 4.5%.