Hallam is used as a family name or surname in Welsh. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Hallam
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Welsh
Meaning: From Hall, Welsh, salt, and ham, a house or village, from its manufacture in that place, or being situated near the salt water. It may be derived from Hal or Hayle, a moor, and ham hence the house on the manor. Halham, the house on the hill, from Cornish-British, Hal meaning a hill

How popular is Hallam?

Hallam is common in Canada.

Hallam is ranked 26692 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Hallams grew by 9.616015 per cent to 3340 since 2000 and ranked 9712 after elevating 86 spots. The last name was found in around 11 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 93.26 94.19
Hispanic or Latino 2.75 2.56
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 1.26 0.69
Others 1.08 1.44
Black 1.05 0.53
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6 0.59
Hallam is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in England which signifies that it is originated from England. Around 19066 people have been found who wears Hallam as their family name. Hallam is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
82,942 Zimbabwe8
701,083 India8
615,517 Russia6
10,542 China4
6,270 Hong Kong3
3,949 Botswana3
44,018 Poland2
54,641 Sweden2
1,389 Barbados2
35,969 Denmark2
993 Guernsey2
147,165 Czech Republic2
40,256 Mexico2
124,220 Italy2
18,625 Japan2
5,630 Northern Ireland2
123,175 Tanzania1
7,790 Zambia1
2,613 The Bahamas1
49,529 Israel1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
510 East Timor1
11,486 Estonia1
17,236 Ghana1
42,479 Greece1
25,721 Egypt1
3,071 Jersey1
199,150 Kazakhstan1
4,942 Libya1
40,340 Malaysia1
120,357 Argentina1
1,176 Antigua and Barbuda1
3,275 Nepal1
1,819 Laos1
4,999 Papua New Guinea1
66,560 Philippines1
21,562 Portugal1
821 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines1
4,249 Cambodia1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
8,214 Singapore35
29,383 United Arab Emirates31
43,662 Belgium30
36,547 Switzerland27
62,494 Netherlands22
7,162 Thailand15
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
2,902 Qatar88
4,790 Ireland71
Countries with hundreds of Hallam:
6,990 Morocco738
12,297 South Africa511
15,335 Algeria357
1,303 Wales305
38,477 Germany269
2,652 Scotland256
4,040 New Zealand189
60,164 Brazil159
66,174 France147
23,229 Spain121
Countries with thousands of Hallam:
905 England8,303
9,712 United States3,773
1,265 Australia2,510
4,348 Canada1,034
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Mechanic George Hallam from England aboard the Arrick from Liverpool during the Irish famine. He is registered to be 32 years old when he arrived in USA on January 16, 1849. Bdgt. Hallam (21) Immigrant, Immigrant William Hallam, Kennon Hallam, aged 27, are others that migrated to US.

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