How common is the surname Halstead?

9,027 people in the United States had the surname Halstead in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 34,202 Americans. It ranked 3,944th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Halstead?

Nellie Halstead, British athlete (1910-1991), followed by Dirck Halstead.

Where is the surname Halstead most common?

Wikidata records people named Halstead in the United Kingdom and the United States.

How do you pronounce Halstead?

Halstead is /ˈhɔːlstɪd/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Halstead getting more or less common?

More common. 8,713 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,027 in 2010, up 3.6%.

The surname Halstead

A surname, carried by 9,027 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈhɔːlstɪd/ 2 syllables Soundex H423

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Halstead is more common than 97.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 9,027 people named Halstead in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 34,202 Americans. That is up 3.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,713.

#3,944

rank among US surnames

9,027

people in 2010

3.1

per 100,000 Americans

+3.6%

change since 2000 (was #3,740)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,940	Barnhill	9,040	34,153
#3,942	Moreira	9,037	34,165
#3,943	Moreau	9,035	34,172
#3,944	Halstead	9,027	34,202

Who is named Halstead

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

91% of people named Halstead identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.2% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Black (not Hispanic) 3.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Two or more races 1.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Halsteads

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Nellie Halstead
British athlete (1910-1991)
Dirck Halstead
American photographer (1936–2022)

Notable Halsteads come mostly from the United Kingdom (1) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Halstead

Halsted

Halstead has the Soundex code H423, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H423.

Questions

How common is the surname Halstead?: 9,027 people in the United States had the surname Halstead in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 34,202 Americans. It ranked 3,944th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Halstead?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Halstead identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.2% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Halstead?: Nellie Halstead, British athlete (1910-1991), followed by Dirck Halstead.
Where is the surname Halstead most common?: Wikidata records people named Halstead in the United Kingdom and the United States.
How do you pronounce Halstead?: Halstead is /ˈhɔːlstɪd/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Halstead getting more or less common?: More common. 8,713 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,027 in 2010, up 3.6%.