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The HALLETT surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 5,078 6205 0.002 19
United States (1880 census) 1,432 3991 0.003 29
Change since 1880 +3646 -2214 -0.001 -10
Other Countries
Australia 1,094 1514 0.007 67
United Kingdom 5,197 1206 0.011 113
Top States for HALLETT by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
California 448 5877 0.001 13
New York 440 4089 0.002 23
Florida 342 5412 0.002 21
Massachusetts 326 2543 0.005 51
Maine 277 863 0.022 217
Top States for HALLETT by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Maine 277 863 0.022 217
Vermont 44 2192 0.007 72
New Hampshire 71 2460 0.006 57
Massachusetts 326 2543 0.005 51
Delaware 36 3591 0.005 46

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called HALLETT live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called HALLETT represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called HALLETT in California than any other state, but you are more likely to find a HALLETT by picking someone at random in Maine than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of HALLETT

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Language of origin: English

Ethnic origin: English

Religious origin: Christian

Name derivation: Diminutive

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the HALLETT surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the HALLETT surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of HALLETT in the USA

Classification Total Percent
Black/African American 183 3.6
White (Hispanic) 88 1.73
Mixed Race 58 1.14
Native American/Alaskan 31 0.61
Asian/Pacific 12 0.24
White (Caucasian) 4,706 92.67

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the HALLETT surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of HALLETT in historical publications

Little Hal, or Henry, the diminutive termination ett being added, as Willett, Ellett.

Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.


HALLETT. L A- Sax. Mletta, one wlio is hailed or greeted — a hero, nn eminent man. 2. A diminutive of Hal or Henry.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.


Similar names to HALLETT

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as HALLETT.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for HALLETT

The following words are slight variants of HALLETT that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.