Halstead Surname
Approximately 17,634 people bear this surname
Halstead Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the hall-stead,' from residence thereby or therein; v. Hall and Stead. (2) Local, 'of Halstead,' two parishes, one in Essex and the other in Kent Also a township is so called in the parish of Tilton, Leicestershire.
Read More About This SurnameHalstead Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 11,569 | 1:31,330 | 3,904 |
| England | 3,053 | 1:18,250 | 2,611 |
| Australia | 870 | 1:31,030 | 4,125 |
| Canada | 674 | 1:54,667 | 6,497 |
| Jamaica | 541 | 1:5,305 | 680 |
| New Zealand | 217 | 1:20,868 | 3,656 |
| South Africa | 136 | 1:398,365 | 35,171 |
| Fiji | 126 | 1:7,098 | 1,425 |
| Wales | 65 | 1:47,608 | 4,483 |
| Scotland | 63 | 1:84,981 | 6,133 |
| Nauru | 59 | 1:201 | 52 |
| Thailand | 51 | 1:1,385,066 | 192,885 |
| France | 35 | 1:1,897,792 | 163,564 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 33 | 1:1,654 | 203 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 23 | 1:4,312 | 570 |
| Germany | 18 | 1:4,472,526 | 177,866 |
| Spain | 18 | 1:2,597,335 | 59,996 |
| Belgium | 12 | 1:958,054 | 73,966 |
| United Arab Emirates | 9 | 1:1,018,030 | 36,884 |
| India | 9 | 1:85,229,487 | 684,495 |
| Ireland | 7 | 1:672,706 | 15,999 |
| China | 5 | 1:273,464,313 | 13,838 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Northern Ireland | 2 | 1:922,518 | 18,701 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 2 | 1:2,986,327 | 84,533 |
| Cayman Islands | 2 | 1:31,946 | 1,715 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Curaçao | 1 | 1:157,247 | 1,313 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 1 | 1:34,329 | 862 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2,493 | 1:9,778 | 1,472 |
| Scotland | 6 | 1:623,869 | 16,225 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:1,568,416 | 19,290 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2,226 | 1:22,560 | 2,827 |
Halstead (122) may also be a first name.
Halstead Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the hall-stead,' from residence thereby or therein; v. Hall and Stead. (2) Local, 'of Halstead,' two parishes, one in Essex and the other in Kent Also a township is so called in the parish of Tilton, Leicestershire. (1) supplies the derivation of this place-word. Nearly all our Halsteads hail from Yorkshire, from a spot I cannot discover.
Adam Hallustede, webtsler, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
Ricardus Hallestedes, ostellr, 1379: ibid.
1587. John Halsteede, goldsmith, and Anne Lea: Marriage Lic. (London).
1618. Richard Halsted, Yorkshire: Register of the University of Oxford.
1684. Baptised — Mary, d. Charles Halsteed: St. James, Clerkenwell.
(English) belonging to Halstead: v. under Hall and + Old English stede, a place.
Adam Hallestede.— Poll-Tax, Yorks, A.D. 1379.
(English) One who came from Halstead (place of shelter for cattle), the name of several places in England.
A town in Essex.
Local. A town in Essex, England, from Hals, as given above, and sted, a place. Hoisted, a town in North Jutland, that is, the low place; Hol, Dutch, hollow, and stead, a place: a house or town in a hollow place.
Halstead Demographics
Average Halstead Salary in
United States
$42,767 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Halstead Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Halstead Come From? nationality or country of origin
Halstead is borne by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Halstead? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 30,286th most widespread family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 413,267 people. Halstead is predominantly found in The Americas, where 67 percent of Halstead are found; 64 percent are found in North America and 64 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Halstead is also the 844,248th most common forename world-wide, borne by 122 people.
The last name Halstead is most common in The United States, where it is held by 11,569 people, or 1 in 31,330. In The United States Halstead is most numerous in: California, where 9 percent live, New York, where 9 percent live and West Virginia, where 6 percent live. Barring The United States it is found in 48 countries. It also occurs in England, where 17 percent live and Australia, where 5 percent live.
Halstead Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Halstead has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Halstead last name rose 520 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 122 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it rose 6,500 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it rose 1,050 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Halstead Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Halstead are 12.58% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 59.35% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Halstead earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 35.63% more than the national average, earning R 322,308 per year; in United States they earn 0.89% less than the national average, earning $42,767 USD per year and in Canada they earn 100% the same as the national average, earning $49,683 CAD per year.
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Halstead Reference & Research
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