How common is the surname Halliday?

4,568 people in the United States had the surname Halliday in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 67,589 Americans. It ranked 7,298th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Halliday?

Lisa Halliday, American author and novelist, followed by John Halliday.

Where is the surname Halliday most common?

Wikidata records people named Halliday in the United States and Australia.

Is the surname Halliday getting more or less common?

More common. 4,418 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,568 in 2010, up 3.4%.

The surname Halliday

A surname, carried by 4,568 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). Halliday is more common than 95.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,568 people named Halliday in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 67,589 Americans. That is up 3.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,418.

#7,298

rank among US surnames

4,568

people in 2010

1.6

per 100,000 Americans

+3.4%

change since 2000 (was #6,997)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,292	Clair	4,571	67,544
#7,293	Via	4,570	67,559
#7,295	Weitzel	4,569	67,574
#7,298	Halliday	4,568	67,589
#7,301	Grass	4,567	67,604
#7,303	Bobadilla	4,566	67,618

Who is named Halliday

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

90% of people named Halliday identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.7% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 90%
Black (not Hispanic) 4.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 1.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Hallidays

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Lisa Halliday
American author and novelist, born 1976
John Halliday
American stage and screen actor (1880-1947)
Amber Halliday
Australian rower, born 1979
David Halliday
American physicist (1916-2010)

Notable Hallidays come mostly from the United States (3) and Australia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Halliday

Halliday 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 Halliday?: 4,568 people in the United States had the surname Halliday in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 67,589 Americans. It ranked 7,298th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Halliday?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Halliday identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.7% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Halliday?: Lisa Halliday, American author and novelist, followed by John Halliday.
Where is the surname Halliday most common?: Wikidata records people named Halliday in the United States and Australia.
Is the surname Halliday getting more or less common?: More common. 4,418 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,568 in 2010, up 3.4%.