How common is the surname Halloran?

5,465 people in the United States had the surname Halloran in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 56,495 Americans. It ranked 6,248th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Halloran?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Halloran identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Halloran?

Ben Halloran, Australian association football player.

Where is the surname Halloran most common?

Wikidata records people named Halloran in Australia.

Is the surname Halloran getting more or less common?

More common. 5,223 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,465 in 2010, up 4.6%.

The surname Halloran

An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 5,465 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex H465

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Halloran is more common than 96.1% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

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

Halloran is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,465 people named Halloran in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 56,495 Americans. That is up 4.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,223.

#6,248

rank among US surnames

5,465

people in 2010

1.9

per 100,000 Americans

+4.6%

change since 2000 (was #6,061)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,239	Chartier	5,479	56,351
#6,240	Ruano	5,478	56,361
#6,241	Soler	5,477	56,371
#6,242	Lenhart	5,476	56,382
#6,244	Baber	5,474	56,402
#6,245	Lefevre	5,472	56,423
#6,247	Caton	5,467	56,474

Who is named Halloran

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

95% of people named Halloran identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Hallorans

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Ben Halloran
Australian association football player, born 1992

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Halloran

Holleran

Halloran has the Soundex code H465, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H465.

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Halloran come from?: Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó hAllmhuráin (“descendant of Allmhurán”), a personal name derived from a hypocoristic form of allmhurach (“foreigner”).
How common is the surname Halloran?: 5,465 people in the United States had the surname Halloran in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 56,495 Americans. It ranked 6,248th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Halloran?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Halloran identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Halloran?: Ben Halloran, Australian association football player.
Where is the surname Halloran most common?: Wikidata records people named Halloran in Australia.
What type of surname is Halloran?: Halloran is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Halloran getting more or less common?: More common. 5,223 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,465 in 2010, up 4.6%.