# Halsted (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/halsted/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,385 |
| US rank (2010) | 19,498 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 222,921 people |
| Change since 2000 | +11% (1,251 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

May comes from Old English heald (“protection”) + stede (“place, position”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Halsted 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) | 94% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.4% |
| Two or more races | 2.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Halsted in the United States.

## People named Halsted

- William Stewart Halsted, American surgeon (1852-1922)
- George Bruce Halsted, American mathematician (1853–1922)
- Anna Roosevelt Halsted, American writer and socialite (1906-1975)
- Fred Halsted, American pornographic actor and film director (1941-1989)

## Similar surnames

Halstead, Hallstrom, Hollister, Holst, Holston, Holstein, Holgate, Hellstrom.

## 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.