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    The surname Halm

    A surname, carried by 1,169 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex H450

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Halm is more common than 86.4% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,169 people named Halm in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 264,111 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,175.

    #22,124
    rank among US surnames
    1,169
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    -0.5%
    change since 2000 (was #20,887)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #22,124Dejarnette1,169264,111
    #22,131Damelio1,168264,337

    Who is named Halm

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

    88% of people named Halm identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.7% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 88%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 4.7%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.3%
    • Two or more races 2.1%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Halms

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Harry Halm
      Actor (1901-1980)
    • Alfred Halm
      Austrian film director and screenwriter (1861–1951)
    • Baron Eligius Franz Joseph von Münch-Bellinghausen
      Austrian writer (1806–1871)

    Notable Halms come mostly from Germany (1), Austria (1) and the Austrian Empire (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Halm

    Halm 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 Halm?
    1,169 people in the United States had the surname Halm in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 264,111 Americans. It ranked 22,124th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Halm?
    In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Halm identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.7% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Halm?
    Harry Halm, actor (1901-1980), followed by Alfred Halm.
    Where is the surname Halm most common?
    Wikidata records people named Halm in Germany, Austria and the Austrian Empire.
    Is the surname Halm getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,175 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,169 in 2010, down 0.5%.