How common is the surname Halvorsen?

3,500 people in the United States had the surname Halvorsen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 88,213 Americans. It ranked 9,298th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Halvorsen?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Halvorsen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Halvorsen?

Otto Bahr Halvorsen, 14th Prime Minister of Norway (1872–1923).

Where is the surname Halvorsen most common?

Wikidata records people named Halvorsen in Norway.

Is the surname Halvorsen getting more or less common?

More common. 3,260 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,500 in 2010, up 7.4%.

The surname Halvorsen

A surname, carried by 3,500 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex H416

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Halvorsen is more common than 94.3% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,500 people named Halvorsen in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 88,213 Americans. That is up 7.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,260.

#9,298

rank among US surnames

3,500

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

+7.4%

change since 2000 (was #9,200)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,291	Heald	3,503	88,137
#9,293	Slusser	3,502	88,163
#9,297	Shamblin	3,501	88,188
#9,298	Spitz	3,500	88,213
#9,301	Robillard	3,499	88,238
#9,307	Amoroso	3,498	88,263

Who is named Halvorsen

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

93% of people named Halvorsen identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
Two or more races 2.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Halvorsens

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Otto Bahr Halvorsen
14th Prime Minister of Norway (1872–1923)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Halvorsen

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

Questions

How common is the surname Halvorsen?: 3,500 people in the United States had the surname Halvorsen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 88,213 Americans. It ranked 9,298th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Halvorsen?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Halvorsen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Halvorsen?: Otto Bahr Halvorsen, 14th Prime Minister of Norway (1872–1923).
Where is the surname Halvorsen most common?: Wikidata records people named Halvorsen in Norway.
Is the surname Halvorsen getting more or less common?: More common. 3,260 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,500 in 2010, up 7.4%.