The Hallmark surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,426 people carried this name — #7,517 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 66,700 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (4,428).

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What the name means

The meaning of the Hallmark surname

C. Hall, and a reference to hallmark (“official marking”).

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

As an English and Welsh surname

Bardsley classes it as a nickname: ‘half a mark’.

An early record he cites: Robert Alfmarck, Huntingdonshire, 1273 — Hundred Rolls.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 350 · public domain.

In the Nordic population registers

47 people named Hallmark are counted in Sweden and Finland.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 25
Finland (2026) 22

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) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In print

Hallmark in American newspapers,
1916–1920.

Newspaper page from Pullman Herald carrying the name Hallmark
Pullman Herald 1920-12-10
Newspaper page from The Lake County Times carrying the name Hallmark
The Lake County Times 1916-12-19
Newspaper page from The Lake County Times carrying the name Hallmark
The Lake County Times 1916-12-18

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

In print

Hallmark in Australian newspapers,
1880s–1950s.

347 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Hallmark. The most, 287, date from the 1950s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Queensland, at 3.1 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Queensland 245
New South Wales 75
Victoria 14
South Australia 6
Tasmania 5
Western Australia 2

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Hallmark.

Who carried it

People named Hallmark,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Dean E. Hallmark
    Dean E. Hallmark 1914–1942

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 3 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Hallmark,
in the records of 4 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States191 records

191 records of the Hallmark name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 137
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 43
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 5
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 2
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 1
  • Sacramento County historic burials 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Purvis R. Hallmark

    Born 1921 in Alabama. Enlisted 1942 at Fort McClellan; salesperson. U.S. Army Air Forces veteran of World War II; died 1997, buried at Evergreen Memorial Cemetery, Sylacauga, Alabama.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Robert D. Hallmark

    Born 1932; from Madison County, Illinois. U.S. Army, light weapons infantryman; killed in action 1952 in North Korea.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Gregory Frank Hallmark

    U.S. Army veteran. Born 1951, died 1999; buried at Brown Family Cemetery, Rocky Mount, Virginia.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 191 records for Hallmark in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Australia8 records

8 records of the Hallmark name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 6
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 2
  1. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Edward H. Hallmark

    Secretary of Queensland, Victoria; died 1952.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Thomas Hallmark

    Arrived in Victoria in 1906 aboard the Orontes, aged 25.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Felicia Dorothy Hallmark

    Ballet teacher of Nth Fitzroy, Victoria; died 1984.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 8 records for Hallmark in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Canada2 records

2 records of the Hallmark name in Canada Canadian Virtual War Memorial
  1. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record William Henry Hallmark

    Died in service in 1918.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.
  2. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record Albert Hallmark

    Died in service in 1944.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Counts: Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

United Kingdom2 records

2 records of the Hallmark name in the United Kingdom
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 1
  • Welsh wills index cards 1
  1. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record John Bithell Hallmark

    Will proved in 1913; of Chester, Chester.

    National Library of Wales, Wills Index Cards (CC0)
  2. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record W. Hallmark

    Katchewan Regiment. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain) · National Library of Wales, Wills Index Cards (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

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