Halpern Surname

53,109th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9,623 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Seychelles

Halpern Surname Definition:

(Hebrew, German) A money changer; one who came from Heilbronn (holy well), in Wurttemberg.

Halpern Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States7,0131:51,6846,227
Israel9731:8,7951,369
Canada3631:101,50311,010
England2951:188,87516,792
France1561:425,78761,887
Argentina1411:303,14524,179
Brazil1351:1,585,73652,536
Thailand1041:679,215113,538
Australia611:442,55234,724
Chile391:451,70411,842
Portugal381:274,16410,086
Switzerland331:248,87620,666
Poland291:1,310,64781,985
Germany271:2,981,684140,707
Mexico271:4,597,26727,985
Hungary231:426,79528,704
Austria221:387,06540,442
Spain191:2,460,63358,585
Seychelles181:5,133784
Belgium161:718,54060,840
South Africa161:3,386,106119,139
Denmark91:627,19136,734
Ukraine91:5,058,077228,455
Sweden71:1,406,680102,017
Moldova71:508,76732,975
Japan51:25,568,85950,629
United States Virgin Islands41:27,5943,273
New Caledonia41:69,0566,678
Romania41:5,019,46862,922
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
Venezuela21:15,102,03869,873
Luxembourg21:290,2718,611
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Bhutan11:616,0391,715
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220

The alternate forms: Halpérn (1) are calculated separately.

Halpern (22) may also be a first name.

Halpern Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Hebrew, German) A money changer; one who came from Heilbronn (holy well), in Wurttemberg.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Halpern Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Halpern Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Halpern is borne by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Halpérn. For other potential spellings of Halpern click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Halpern? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 53,109th most numerous family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 757,305 people. The last name Halpern is predominantly found in The Americas, where 80 percent of Halpern live; 77 percent live in North America and 76 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,301,746th most common given name in the world. It is borne by 22 people.

Halpern is most frequently used in The United States, where it is held by 7,013 people, or 1 in 51,684. In The United States it is most common in: New York, where 26 percent live, California, where 12 percent live and Florida, where 10 percent live. Beside The United States this last name is found in 49 countries. It also occurs in Israel, where 10 percent live and Canada, where 4 percent live.

Halpern Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Halpern surname are 41.49% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 94.72% registered with the political party.

The amount Halpern earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 207.53% more than the national average, earning R 730,812 per year; in United States they earn 37.2% more than the national average, earning $59,200 USD per year and in Canada they earn 70.62% more than the national average, earning $84,771 CAD per year.

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