How common is the surname Halsey?

7,619 people in the United States had the surname Halsey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 40,523 Americans. It ranked 4,654th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Halsey?

Brett Halsey, American actor, followed by Richard Halsey.

Where is the surname Halsey most common?

Wikidata records people named Halsey in the United States.

How do you pronounce Halsey?

Halsey is /ˈhɔːlzi/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Halsey getting more or less common?

More common. 7,420 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,619 in 2010, up 2.7%.

Is Halsey also a first name?

Yes. Halsey is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Halsey

An English place surname, carried by 7,619 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈhɔːlzi/ 2 syllables Soundex H420

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Halsey is more common than 97.1% of them.

Origin

English origin

Places in England, from Old English hals (“neck of land”) + Old English īeġ (“island”)

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

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 7,619 people named Halsey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 40,523 Americans. That is up 2.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,420.

#4,654

rank among US surnames

7,619

people in 2010

2.6

per 100,000 Americans

+2.7%

change since 2000 (was #4,422)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,649	Fortier	7,634	40,443
#4,650	Stroup	7,627	40,481
#4,652	Mather	7,621	40,512
#4,654	Halsey	7,619	40,523
#4,656	Borja	7,618	40,528

Who is named Halsey

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

84% of people named Halsey identified as white (not Hispanic), 11% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 84%
Black (not Hispanic) 11%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Halseys

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Brett Halsey
American actor, born 1933
Richard Halsey
American film editor, born 1940

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Holsey

Surnames that sound like Halsey

Halsey has the Soundex code H420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H420.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Halsey come from?: Places in England, from Old English hals (“neck of land”) + Old English īeġ (“island”)
How common is the surname Halsey?: 7,619 people in the United States had the surname Halsey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 40,523 Americans. It ranked 4,654th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Halsey?: In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Halsey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 11% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Halsey?: Brett Halsey, American actor, followed by Richard Halsey.
Where is the surname Halsey most common?: Wikidata records people named Halsey in the United States.
How do you pronounce Halsey?: Halsey is /ˈhɔːlzi/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Halsey?: Halsey is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Halsey getting more or less common?: More common. 7,420 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,619 in 2010, up 2.7%.
What are other spellings of Halsey?: Holsey.
Is Halsey also a first name?: Yes. Halsey is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.