How common is the surname Haslam?

3,081 people in the United States had the surname Haslam in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 100,210 Americans. It ranked 10,440th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Haslam?

Bill Haslam, 49th Governor of Tennessee, followed by Ross Haslam.

Where is the surname Haslam most common?

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

Is the surname Haslam getting more or less common?

More common. 2,830 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,081 in 2010, up 8.9%.

The surname Haslam

An English place surname, carried by 3,081 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H245

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Haslam is more common than 93.6% of them.

Origin

English origin

Habitational surname from a minor place in Lancashire, from Old English *hæslum, dative plural of hæsl (“hazel”).

Haslam 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 3,081 people named Haslam in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 100,210 Americans. That is up 8.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,830.

#10,440

rank among US surnames

3,081

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+8.9%

change since 2000 (was #10,432)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,434	Dineen	3,083	100,145
#10,437	Dyess	3,082	100,177
#10,440	Haslam	3,081	100,210
#10,445	Postell	3,080	100,242
#10,448	Hillier	3,079	100,275

Who is named Haslam

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

86% of people named Haslam identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.0% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 86%
Black (not Hispanic) 8.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Two or more races 1.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Haslams

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Bill Haslam
49th Governor of Tennessee, born 1958
Ross Haslam
British diver, born 1997

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

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Haslem

Haslam has the Soundex code H245, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H245.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Haslam come from?: Habitational surname from a minor place in Lancashire, from Old English *hæslum, dative plural of hæsl (“hazel”).
How common is the surname Haslam?: 3,081 people in the United States had the surname Haslam in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 100,210 Americans. It ranked 10,440th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Haslam?: In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Haslam identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.0% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Haslam?: Bill Haslam, 49th Governor of Tennessee, followed by Ross Haslam.
Where is the surname Haslam most common?: Wikidata records people named Haslam in the United States and the United Kingdom.
What type of surname is Haslam?: Haslam is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Haslam getting more or less common?: More common. 2,830 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,081 in 2010, up 8.9%.
What are other spellings of Haslam?: Haslem.