The Halloran surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,465 people carried this name — #6,248 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 54,100 people counted. That is up 5% from 5,223 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Halloran surname

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó hAllmhuráin (“descendant of Allmhurán”), a personal name derived from a hypocoristic form of allmhurach (“foreigner”).

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

In Ireland’s birth registers, 1890

Ireland registered 67 births for the Halloran name in 1890.

Most were registered in Munster. By the Registrar-General’s own method — births multiplied by 44.38 — that is about 3,000 people bearing the name in Ireland at the time. 2 of them were indexed under other spellings of the name. The Registrar-General’s note on the name: “Clare, Galway, and Cork.”

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born, 1890

Munster 51
Connacht 14
Leinster 2

Registrar-General for Ireland, «Special Report on Surnames in Ireland» (R. E. Matheson, 1894), births index of 1890 — public domain.

In print

Halloran in American newspapers,
1898–1913.

Newspaper page from The Pensacola Journal carrying the name Halloran
The Pensacola Journal 1907-08-31
Newspaper page from Delaware City Press carrying the name Halloran
Delaware City Press 1913-03-28
Newspaper page from Evening Journal carrying the name Halloran
Evening Journal 1898-07-06

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 22,471 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Halloran in Australian newspapers,
1820s–2000s.

55,598 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Halloran. The most, 9,085, date from the 1920s. New South Wales has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in South Australia, at 2.1 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 23,754
South Australia 13,793
Victoria 8,087
Queensland 4,635
Western Australia 2,697
Tasmania 2,175
ACT (Canberra) 234
Northern Territory 116

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

Who carried it

People named Halloran,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Laurence Hynes Halloran
    Laurence Hynes Halloran 1765–1831 · writer
  • Henry Halloran
    Henry Halloran 1811–1893 · poet
  • Kay Halloran
    Kay Halloran 1937–2026 · lawyer
  • Henry Halloran 1869–1953
  • Sybil Frances Halloran 1883–1975
  • Roy Dennis Halloran 1894–1943 · psychiatrist

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped — Henry Halloran: Unknown authorUnknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0 au (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/au/deed.en); the others are in the public domain or CC0 · 43 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Halloran,
in the records of 6 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 States2,506 records

2,506 records of the Halloran name in the United States
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 950
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 689
  • Other U.S. records 867
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record John A. Halloran

    Born 1911 in Massachusetts. Enlisted 1942 at Boston; salesman from Suffolk County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1998, buried at Massachusetts National Cemetery, Massachusetts.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Bridget Halloran

    Arrived at New York in 1885 aboard the City of Berlin from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 19; servant. From London, Ireland; bound for New York.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Michael A. Halloran

    U.S. Army veteran of World War I. Born 1894, died 1969; buried at Long Island National Cemetery, New York.

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

Showing 3 of 2,506 records for Halloran in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · New York State, Open NY (police and firefighter memorial rolls). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Australia842 records

842 records of the Halloran name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 350
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 238
  • Other Australian records 254
  1. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record Mary Halloran

    Transported to Van Diemen's Land aboard the Hope, sailing from Dublin in 1842. Native of Dublin, Dublin. Applied for permission to marry in Van Diemen's Land in 1846.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Mary Halloran

    Applied for permission to marry in Van Diemen's Land in 1850. Married 1850 in Hobart, Tasmania, aged 19.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record James Halloran

    Arrived in Queensland in 1864 aboard the Fiery Star, aged 40.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 842 records for Halloran in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · State Library of Western Australia (CC BY 4.0) · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Canada53 records

53 records of the Halloran name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 41
  • City of Winnipeg cemetery records 4
  • Other Canadian records 8
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record John Philip Halloran

    Killed in 1992 at the Stellarton, Westray Mine, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Frances Catherine Halloran

    Died 1993, aged 89; buried at Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

    City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg.
  3. 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 Allen Halloran

    Died in service in 1921.

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

Showing 3 of 53 records for Halloran in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · City of Niagara Falls. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Niagara Falls. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

Ireland11 records

11 records of the Halloran name in Ireland County Galway graveyard records
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Mary Halloran

    Died 1845, aged 26; buried at Kilcummin, Co. Galway.

    Galway County Council (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Ann Halloran

    Died 1986; buried at Renvyle, Co. Galway.

    Galway County Council (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Thomas Halloran

    Died 1993; buried at Glenamaddy (New), Co. Galway.

    Galway County Council (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 11 records for Halloran in Ireland.

Counts: Galway County Council (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

United Kingdom4 records

4 records of the Halloran name in the United Kingdom War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead
  1. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record B. Halloran

    Lance Corporal, Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1917.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)
  2. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record T. Halloran

    Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1917.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)
  3. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record J. Halloran

    Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1917.

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

Showing 3 of 4 records for Halloran in the United Kingdom.

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

New Zealand1 record

1 record of the Halloran name in New Zealand Christchurch City cemetery records
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record John Halloran

    Died 1911, aged 84; buried at Linwood Cemetery, Christchurch, Canterbury.

    Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

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