The Halle surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,570 people carried this name — #17,823 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 188,700 people counted. That is down 18% from 1,920 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 698 people named Halle.
12 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 55 départements, most often Paris.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 127 people named Halle 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.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
32 people named Halle live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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 the Nordic population registers
655 people named Halle are counted in Norway, Sweden 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
Halle in American newspapers,
1894–1908.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 271,969 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Halle,
with a public archive behind them.
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François Hallé d. 1492 · Catholic priest -
David Halle d. 1872 · teacher
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John Halle d. 1434 · politician
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Wolff von Halle d. 1834 · banker
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Clifford Halle d. 1915
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Frederick Halle d. 1879
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Halle.
- 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
- Hall 407,076 · 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
- Hallinger 107 · U.S. census
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