# Halpern (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/halpern/  
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 Hebrew.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Hebrew |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 4,121 |
| US rank (2010) | 8,032 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 74,920 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.9% (4,005 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈhælpəɹn/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | Alperin, Alpern, Alpert, Galperin, Halperin, Halpert, Halprin, Helper |

## Etymology

From Hebrew הלפרן, an Ashkenazi habitational surname from the city of Heilbronn, in Germany.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Halpern 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) | 2.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 1.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Halpern in the United States.

## People named Halpern

- Jeff Halpern, American ice hockey player

## Similar surnames

Halperin, Halverson, Halvorson, Halbert, Halvorsen, Hallberg, Halferty, Holbrook, Holbert, Hilbert, Hulbert, Hilburn.

## 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.