The Halliday surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,568 people carried this name — #7,298 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 64,500 people counted. That is up 3% from 4,418 in 2000.
In Ireland’s birth registers, 1890
Ireland registered 19 births for the Halliday name in 1890.
Most were registered in Ulster. By the Registrar-General’s own method — births multiplied by 44.38 — that is about 800 people bearing the name in Ireland at the time. One of them was indexed under another spelling of the name. The Registrar-General’s note on the name: “Antrim.”
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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 51 people named Halliday.
16 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 8 départements, most often Paris.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In the Nordic population registers
25 people named Halliday is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
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).
In print
Halliday in American newspapers,
1892–1916.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 51,949 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Halliday,
with a public archive behind them.
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Suzie Gorini d. 2009 · singer
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Emily Halliday d. 1821
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Jane Hodgkinson d. 1830
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Jane Halliday d. 1851
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Edmund Trowbridge Halliday d. 1834
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Anne Halliday d. 1656
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Halliday.
- Halin 117 · U.S. census
- Hall 407,076 · 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
- Hallier 192 · U.S. census
- Hallinger 107 · U.S. census
- Halm 1,169 · U.S. census
- Halpern 4,121 · U.S. census
- Halphen 320 · U.S. census
- Halter 4,349 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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