The Hall surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 407,076 people carried this name — #45 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 725 people counted. That is down 14% from 473,568 in 2000.
In Ireland’s birth registers, 1890
Ireland registered 120 births for the Hall name in 1890.
They were registered in all four provinces, most of all in Ulster. By the Registrar-General’s own method — births multiplied by 44.38 — that is about 5,300 people bearing the name in Ireland at the time. The Registrar-General’s note on the name: “Antrim, Dublin, and Armagh.”
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born, 1890
Registrar-General for Ireland, «Special Report on Surnames in Ireland» (R. E. Matheson, 1894), births index of 1890 — public domain.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 396 people named Hall.
133 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 33 départements, most often Finistère.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
270 people named Hall live in Switzerland.
They live in 16 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 268 people named Hall live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Poland’s population register
141 people named Hall have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 308 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 15 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Masovian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In the Nordic population registers
6,395 people named Hall are counted in Sweden, Norway and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Norway publishes only surnames with 200 or more bearers. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Statistics Norway (SSB, ssb.no), table 12891, 2025 — CC BY 4.0 · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Hall in American newspapers,
1898–1925.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 10,999,942 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Hall,
with a public archive behind them.
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Lyman Hall 1724–1790 · politician -
Baxter Hall 1757–1842 -
William Hall 1775–1856 · politician -
Benjamin Hall 1777–1817 · politician -
Andrew Leith Hay 1785–1862 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 133 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Hall.
- Halby 116 · U.S. census
- Hale 86,618 · U.S. census
- Halfon 264 · U.S. census
- Halim 1,352 · U.S. census
- Halimi 310 · U.S. census
- Halin 117 · U.S. census
- Halle 1,570 · U.S. census
- Haller 9,992 · U.S. census
- Hallet 395 · U.S. census
- Halley 3,943 · U.S. census
- Halliday 4,568 · U.S. census
- Hallier 192 · U.S. census
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