Halden is used as a family name or surname in Scotland. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Halden
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Scotland
Meaning:

Is the variant form of the Haldane. Halfilene, a name occurring in the Saxon annals to imply a Danish extraction on one side only—"half Dane." Hence perhaps the surname of the Scottish family. Among the tenants in chief in Norfolk, appears a Godwinus Haldein. Haldanus, Haldane, and other forms also occur in Domesday principally in the eastern counties.

High Halden, a parish in Kent.

How popular is Halden?

Halden is common in United States, England, Australia, Norway, Canada.

Halden is ranked 238810 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Haldens plummeted by 10 per cent to 207 since 2000 and slipped by 11931 spots and ranked at 89403. The last name was found in merely 7 per ten million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 89.86 93.04
Halden is not so popular last name but still a prevalent family name common in United States. On the other hand, it is more oftenly used in Norway. Around 1677 people have been found who wears Halden as their family name. Halden is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with hundreds of Halden:
71,690 United States376
15,434 England334
10,230 Australia304
2,284 Norway282
28,740 Canada118
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
91,373 Germany53
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
61,377 Turkey48
4,689 Suriname26
59,518 Netherlands21
22,631 New Zealand19
17,291 Scotland13
610,955 India11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
29,026 Chile9
39,626 Denmark8
75,466 Israel6
349,096 France6
41,832 Finland6

Immigrants to US

From Germany

Johann Halden worked as farmer and hailed from Switzerland. 30 years old embarked for USA from Havre on Ontario and arrived on June 1, 1852. Maria Halden (27) Farmer, 21 years old Maurice Halden, Servant Ebba Halden, 3 years old Halferd Halden, Ludwig Halden, Olaf Halden, G. Halden (38), are others that migrated to US from Amsterdam, Havre and Liverpool & Queenstown.

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