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Haller Ranking

In the United States, the name Haller is the 4,231st most popular surname with an estimated 7,461 people with that name. 1 However, in France, the name Haller is ranked the 2,569th most popular surname with an estimated 2,500 - 3,000 people with that name. 2


United States Haller migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Haller Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
  • Heinrich Haller, who settled in Philadelphia in 1733
  • Henrich Haller, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1733 3
  • Henry Haller, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1733 3
  • Barbara Haller, who landed in Carolina in 1734 3
  • Elsbeth Haller, who landed in Carolina in 1734 3
  • ... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)
Haller Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Katherine Haller, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1806 3
  • Juliana Haller, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1806 3
  • Johannas Haller, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1806 3
  • Charlotta Haller, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1806 3
  • Charles Haller, who landed in Mississippi in 1840 3
  • ... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Australia Haller migration to Australia +

Emigration to Australia followed the First Fleets of convicts, tradespeople and early settlers. Early immigrants include:

Haller Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century
  • Elizabeth Haller, aged 19, a dairy maid, who arrived in South Australia in 1854 aboard the ship "Navarino" 4

Contemporary Notables of the name Haller (post 1700) +

  • William Edward "Bill" Haller (1935-2022), American Major League Baseball umpire from Joliet, Illinois who officiated 3,068 regular season games in the American League and 27 World Series (1968-1982)
  • Frank Haller, American Olympic sliver medalist for boxing at the 1904 games
  • Jacob Alexander "Lecky" Haller (b. 1957), American gold, two-time silver and bronze medalist slalom canoer
  • Daniel Haller (b. 1926), American film and television director, production designer, and art director
  • Thomas Frank "Tom" Haller (1937-2004), American Major League Baseball catcher and baseball executive
  • Ernest "Ernie" Haller A.S.C. (1896-1970), American Academy Award winning cinematographer for his work on Gone with the Wind (1939)
  • Henry Edwin Haller (b. 1913), prominent American engineering executive
  • Susan Haller Ph.D., American Associate Professor at the University of Wisconsin - Parkside
  • Ursina Haller (b. 1985), Swiss silver medalist snowboarder at the FIS Snowboard World Championships
  • Hannelore "Hanne" Haller (1950-2005), German pop singer
  • ... (Another 12 notables are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Arrow Air Flight 1285
  • Mr. Brian Doluglas Haller (1959-1985), American Captain from Wilmington, Delaware, USA who died in the Arrow Air Flight 1285 crash 5


Suggested Readings for the name Haller +

  • The Haller Family History: Including the Descendants and Ancestors of Frank A. Haller and Anna Bellentin Haller of Erie, Pennsylvania by Joan Erzer Behrens.
  • Haller-Hollar-Holler Genealogy by Amelia Cleland Gilreath.

  1. "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
  2. http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
  3. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
  4. South Australian Register Monday 14th August 1854. (Retrieved 2010, November 5) Navarino 1854. Retrieved http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/australia/navarino1854.shtml
  5. American War Memorials - Flight 1285. (Retrieved 2016, August 24) . Retrieved from http://www.uswarmemorials.org/html/monument_details.php?SiteID=317&MemID=550


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