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The Halley surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,943 people carried this name — #8,394 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 74,600 people counted. That is down 19% from 4,870 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Halley surname

A surname from English.

Unadapted borrowing from English Halley.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Halley» (Polish), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 519 people named Halley.

8 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 33 départements, most often Calvados.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 8
Calvados 196
Seine-Maritime 74
Manche 61
Eure 60
Paris 42
Seine-Saint-Denis 8
Guadeloupe 7
Charente-Maritime 7

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In print

Halley in American newspapers,
1906–1910.

Newspaper page from The Havre Herald carrying the name Halley
The Havre Herald 1906-03-02
Newspaper page from Le Meschacébé carrying the name Halley
Le Meschacébé 1910-06-11
Newspaper page from West Virginia Argus carrying the name Halley
West Virginia Argus 1906-06-14

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 88,694 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Halley,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Edmond Halley
    Edmond Halley 1656–1742 · astronomer
  • Edmond Halley
    Edmond Halley 1656–1742 · astronomer
  • Robert Halley
    Robert Halley 1796–1876 · academic
  • Robert Halley
    Robert Halley 1796–1876 · academic
  • Paul Vladimir Halley d. 1944
  • Antoine Halley 1593–1675 · poet

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

Nearby in the index

Surnames next to Halley.

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