Halle Surname History

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Halle World Ranking

In the United States, the name Halle is the 8,924^th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1 However, in Quebec, Canada, the name Halle is ranked the 565^th most popular surname. 2 And in France, the name Halle is the 5,369^th popular surname with an estimated 1,000 - 1,500 people with that name. 3

Halle migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Halle Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Richard Halle, who arrived in Virginia in 1703 4
George Caspar Halle, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1741 4
Hans Halle, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1749 4
Durst Halle, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1749 4
Christoph Halle, who landed in America in 1780 4

Halle Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Johann Jacob Halle, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1800 4
Thomas Halle, who landed in New York, NY in 1816 4
Abraham H Halle, who landed in New York in 1827 4
Louis Francois Halle, who landed in New York, NY in 1829 4
Adolph Halle, who arrived in New Orleans, La in 1850 4
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Contemporary Notables of the name Halle (post 1700) +

Morris Halle (1923-2018), Latvian-American linguist who was an Institute Professor
Bruce Thomas Halle (1930-2018), American billionaire businessman, and the founder and chairman of Discount Tire; he had an estimated net worth of 5.2 billion at the time of his death
Samuel Horatio Halle, American co-founder with his brother Salmon Potland Chase Halle of Halle Brothers Co. of Cleveland, Ohio, a former department store chain
Morten Halle (b. 1957), Norwegian jazz musician
Gunnar Halle (b. 1965), Norwegian football manager and former player
Sir Charles Hallé (1819-1895), Anglo-German pianist and conductor, founder of The Hallé orchestra in 1858
John Halle Gutfreund (1929-2016), American businessman and investor, CEO of Salomon Brothers Inc
Halle Berry (b. 1966), American Academy Award winning actress, former fashion model, and beauty queen

Citations +

"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
"The first 1,000 family names by rank, Quebec (in French only)" Institut de la statistique du Quebec, https://statistique.quebec.ca/en/document/family-names-in-quebec/tableau/the-first-1000-family-names-by-rank-quebec
http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
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)