How common is the surname Halsted?

1,385 people in the United States had the surname Halsted in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 222,921 Americans. It ranked 19,498th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Halsted?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Halsted identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Halsted?

William Stewart Halsted, American surgeon (1852-1922), followed by George Bruce Halsted.

Where is the surname Halsted most common?

Wikidata records people named Halsted in the United States.

Is the surname Halsted getting more or less common?

More common. 1,251 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,385 in 2010, up 11%.

The surname Halsted

An English surname, carried by 1,385 people in the United States.

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). Halsted is more common than 88% of them.

Origin

English origin

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

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 1,385 people named Halsted in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 222,921 Americans. That is up 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,251.

#19,498

rank among US surnames

1,385

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+10.7%

change since 2000 (was #19,882)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#19,489	Pulsifer	1,386	222,760
#19,498	Dubuque	1,385	222,921

Who is named Halsted

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

94% of people named Halsted identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 2.1%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Halsteds

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Halsted

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

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Halsted come from?: May comes from Old English heald (“protection”) + stede (“place, position”).
How common is the surname Halsted?: 1,385 people in the United States had the surname Halsted in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 222,921 Americans. It ranked 19,498th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Halsted?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Halsted identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Halsted?: William Stewart Halsted, American surgeon (1852-1922), followed by George Bruce Halsted.
Where is the surname Halsted most common?: Wikidata records people named Halsted in the United States.
Is the surname Halsted getting more or less common?: More common. 1,251 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,385 in 2010, up 11%.