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    The surname Halpern

    A Hebrew place surname, carried by 4,121 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /ˈhælpəɹn/ 2 syllables Soundex H416

    Halpern: #8,032 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Halpern #8,032, 4,121 people Halpern: #8,032 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Halpern #8,032, 4,121 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Halpern is more common than 95% of them.

    Origin

    Hebrew origin

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

    Halpern is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    One of 51 Hebrew surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,121 people named Halpern in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 74,920 Americans. That is up 2.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,005.

    #8,032
    rank among US surnames
    4,121
    people in 2010
    1.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.9%
    change since 2000 (was #7,660)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #8,028Giffin4,12474,866
    #8,029Fulford4,12374,884
    #8,030Nystrom4,12274,902
    #8,032Kirkham4,12174,920
    #8,036Gullett4,11774,993

    Who is named Halpern

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

    95% of people named Halpern identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Halperns

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Jeff Halpern
      American ice hockey player, born 1976

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Halpern

    Halpern has the Soundex code H416, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H416.

    Other Hebrew surnames

    All 51 Hebrew surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Halpern come from?
    From Hebrew הלפרן, an Ashkenazi habitational surname from the city of Heilbronn, in Germany.
    How common is the surname Halpern?
    4,121 people in the United States had the surname Halpern in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 74,920 Americans. It ranked 8,032nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Halpern?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Halpern identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Halpern?
    Jeff Halpern, American ice hockey player.
    Where is the surname Halpern most common?
    Wikidata records people named Halpern in the United States.
    How do you pronounce Halpern?
    Halpern is /ˈhælpəɹn/, 2 syllables.
    What type of surname is Halpern?
    Halpern is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Halpern getting more or less common?
    More common. 4,005 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,121 in 2010, up 2.9%.
    What are other spellings of Halpern?
    Alperin, Alpern, Alpert, Galperin, Halperin and Halpert.