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 Male Halstead Height
177.18 cm
Average Female Halstead Height
163.62 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Halstead Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Halstead Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Halstead is more frequently found in The United States than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Halstead? popularity and diffusion
The surname Halstead is the 30,286th most frequently used last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 413,267 people. This last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 67 percent of Halstead reside; 64 percent reside in North America and 64 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Halstead is also the 844,248th most commonly used first name in the world. It is borne by 122 people.
The last name is most widespread in The United States, where it is carried by 11,569 people, or 1 in 31,330. In The United States it is most numerous in: California, where 9 percent live, New York, where 9 percent live and West Virginia, where 6 percent live. Excluding The United States this surname exists in 48 countries. It is also common in England, where 17 percent live and Australia, where 5 percent live.
Halstead Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Halstead has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Halstead last name increased 520 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 122 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it increased 6,500 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it increased 1,050 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Halstead Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Halstead last name are 12.58% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 59.35% registered to vote for the 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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Footnotes
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