# Halloran (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/halloran/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Irish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Irish |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 5,465 |
| US rank (2010) | 6,248 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 56,495 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.6% (5,223 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó hAllmhuráin (“descendant of Allmhurán”), a personal name derived from a hypocoristic form of allmhurach (“foreigner”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Halloran in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 95% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 1.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Halloran in Australia.

## People named Halloran

- Ben Halloran, Australian association football player

## Similar surnames

Holleran.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.