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Hall World Ranking

the United States, the name Hall is the 26th most popular surname with an estimated 497,400 people with that name. 1 However, in Canada, the name Hall is ranked the 70th most popular surname with an estimated 33,028 people with that name. 2 And in Newfoundland, Canada, the name Hall is the 201st popular surname with an estimated 208 people with that name. 3 France ranks Hall as 4,794th with 1,500 - 2,000 people. 4 Australia ranks Hall as 21st with 52,386 people. 5 New Zealand ranks Hall as 67th with 4,911 people. 6 The United Kingdom ranks Hall as 18th with 121,914 people. 7 South Africa ranks Hall as 927th with 7,476 people. 8

Hall migration to the United States +



Hall Settlers in United States in the 17th Century
  • Miss Susan Hall, who arrived in Virginia in 1618 aboard the ship "William and Thomas" 10
  • Mr. Thomas Hall, who arrived in Virginia in 1619 aboard the ship "Bona Nova" 10
  • Georg Hall, who landed in Virginia in 1621 aboard the ship "Supply" 11
  • Hugh Hall, aged 13, who landed in Virginia in 1622 aboard the ship "Margaret & John" 11
  • Hugh Hall, who landed in Virginia in 1623 11
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Hall Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
  • Anthony Hall, who arrived in Virg,inia in 1701 11
  • Anne Hall, who landed in Virginia in 1702 11
  • Edward Hall, who landed in Virginia in 1705 11
  • Isaac Hall, who landed in New England in 1722 11
  • Egram Hall, who arrived in Philadelphia in 1730
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Hall Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Adam Hall, who landed in America in 1801 11
  • Aric Hall, whose Oath of Allegiance was recorded in Pennsylvania in 1803
  • Aric Hall, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1803 11
  • Alexander Hall, who landed in Connecticut in 1811 11
  • Hobert Hall, who arrived in New York, NY in 1811 11
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Hall Settlers in United States in the 20th Century
  • Frederick Hall, who landed in Mobile, Ala in 1903 11
  • Charley Fredrick Hall, who landed in Wisconsin in 1912 11

Hall migration to Canada +

Hall Settlers in Canada in the 18th Century
  • Conrad Hall, who arrived in Nova Scotia in 1749-1752
  • Abner Hall, who arrived in Nova Scotia in 1760
  • Barnabas Hall, who arrived in Nova Scotia in 1760
  • Christian Henr. Hall, one of the Hessian troops in the American War for Independence who settled in Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1781
  • Mr. Richard Hall U.E. who arrived at Port Roseway [Shelburne], Nova Scotia on October 26, 1783 was passenger number 268 aboard the ship "HMS Clinton", picked up on September 28, 1783 at Staten Island, New York 12
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Hall Settlers in Canada in the 19th Century
  • Robert Hall, aged 26, a farmer, who arrived in Saint John, New Brunswick in 1833 aboard the brig "Thomas Hanford" from Cork, Ireland
  • Mary Hall, aged 25, who arrived in Saint John, New Brunswick in 1833 aboard the brig "Thomas Hanford" from Cork, Ireland
  • Robert Hall, aged 3, who arrived in Saint John, New Brunswick in 1833 aboard the brig "Thomas Hanford" from Cork, Ireland
  • James Hall, aged 25, a merchant, who arrived in Saint John, New Brunswick in 1833 aboard the ship "John" from Liverpool, England
  • Mary Hall, aged 25, who arrived in Saint John, New Brunswick in 1834 aboard the barque "Frederick" from Liverpool, England
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Hall migration to Australia +

Emigration to Australia included the First Fleet, Second Fleet and Third Fleet of convicts, tradespeople and early settlers. Early immigrants include:

First Fleet
  • Mr. Stephen Hall, Jr., British settler convicted at Essex, England in 1788, sentenced to 7 years for breaking and entering, transported aboard the ship "Neptune, Scarborough or Surprize" leaving in 1789 arriving in New South Wales, Australia in 1790 9
Second Fleet
  • Mr. George Hall, British settler convicted in Kent, England in 1787, sentenced to 7 years for stealing, transported aboard the ship "William and Ann" leaving in 1790 arriving in New South Wales, Australia in 1791 10
  • Mr. James Hall, British settler convicted in Yorkshire, England in 1790, sentenced to 7 years for breaking and entry, transported aboard the ship "Third Fleet" leaving in 1790 arriving in New South Wales, Australia in 1791 10
  • Mr. Joseph Hall, British settler convicted in Bedfordshrie, England in 1789, sentenced to Life for stealing a horse, transported aboard the ship "Matilda" leaving in 1790 arriving in New South Wales, Australia in 1791 10
  • Mr. John Hall, (d. 1791), British settler convicted in London, England in 1790, sentenced to 7 years for stealing, transported aboard the ship "Active" leaving in 1790 arriving in New South Wales, Australia in 1791 10
Third Fleet
  • Mr. Samuel Hall, British convict sentenced in London 21st April 1784, for 7 years for stealing, was due to be transported on the "Alexander" but was pardoned and served in the Navy 10
  • Mr. Joseph Hall, (b. 1753), aged 34, English settler convicted in London on 9th January 1782, sentenced for 14 years for highway robbery, transported aboard the ship "Charlotte" leaving on 13th May 1787 arriving in New South Wales, Australia on 22nd January 1788 10
  • Mr. John Hall, (b. 1757), aged 30, English settler convicted in Exeter, Devon on 24th May 1784, sentenced for 7 years for returning from transport, transported aboard the ship "Charlotte" leaving on 13th May 1787 arriving in New South Wales, Australia on 22nd January 1788 10
  • Miss Margaret Hall, (1765 - 1807), aged 17, English settler convicted in London on 4th December 1782, sentenced for 7 years for theft, transported aboard the ship "Prince of Wales" leaving in 1787 arriving in New South Wales, Australia in 1788 10
  • Miss Sarah Hall, (b. 1740), aged 47, English settler convicted in London on 10th January 1787, sentenced for 7 years for stealing clothing, transported aboard the ship "Lady Penrhyn" leaving in 1787 arriving in New South Wales, Australia in 1788 10
Following the First, Second and Third Fleets, other convicts and early settlers arriving in Australia include:

Hall Settlers in Australia in the 18th Century
  • Miss Ann Hall, English convict who was convicted in Middlesex, England for 7 years , transported aboard the "Britannia III" on 18th July 1798, arriving in New South Wales, Australia 13
Hall Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century

Hall migration to New Zealand +

Emigration to New Zealand followed in the footsteps of the European explorers, such as Captain Cook (1769-70): first came sealers, whalers, missionaries, and traders. By 1838, the British New Zealand Company had begun buying land from the Maori tribes, and selling it to settlers, and, after the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840, many British families set out on the arduous six month journey from Britain to Aotearoa to start a new life. Early immigrants include:

Hall Settlers in New Zealand in the 19th Century
  • William Hall, who landed in Auckland, New Zealand in 1840
  • Robert Hall, who landed in Auckland, New Zealand in 1840
  • Henry Hall, who landed in Wellington, New Zealand in 1840
  • John Hall, who landed in Wellington, New Zealand in 1840
  • John Hall, who landed in Auckland, New Zealand in 1840
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Hall migration to West Indies +

The British first settled the British West Indies around 1604. They made many attempts but failed in some to establish settlements on the Islands including Saint Lucia and Grenada. By 1627 they had managed to establish settlements on St. Kitts (St. Christopher) and Barbados, but by 1641 the Spanish had moved in and destroyed some of these including those at Providence Island. The British continued to expand the settlements including setting the First Federation in the British West Indies by 1674; some of the islands include Barbados, Bermuda, Cayman Island, Turks and Caicos, Jamaica and Belize then known as British Honduras. By the 1960's many of the islands became independent after the West Indies Federation which existed from 1958 to 1962 failed due to internal political conflicts. After this a number of Eastern Caribbean islands formed a free association. 17
Hall Settlers in West Indies in the 17th Century
  • Mr. Thomas Hall, (b. 1610), aged 25, British settler traveling aboard the ship "Matthew" arriving in St Christopher (Saint Kitts) in 1635 18
  • Mr. John Hall, (b. 1606), aged 29, British settler travelling aboard the ship "Expedition" arriving in Barbados in 1636 19
  • Ann Hall, who settled in Barbados in 1660

Contemporary Notables of the name Hall (post 1700) +

  • Lyman Hall (1724-1790), American physician, clergyman, and statesman, signer of the United States Declaration of Independence, Governor of Georgia (1783-1784)
  • Annie Josephine Hall (1865-1920), better known by the stage names Josephine Hall and Josie Hall, an American actress and soprano, most famous for her performances of the song "Sister Mary Jane's Top Note" that she purposefully sang high and off-key and for her appearances in the Broadway productions of The Girl from Paris (1896) and The Girl from Maxim's (1899)
  • Cecil P. "Buddy" Hall (1945-2025), American professional pool player, considered one of the best nine-ball players of all time, the International Pool Tour heralds Hall as a "living pool legend"
  • Charles Kenneth Hall (1935-2025), nicknamed "Sugar Land Express", American professional football player in the Canadian Football League (1957-1958), National Football League (1958-1961), playing for Edmonton Eskimos, Baltimore Colts, Chicago Cardinals, Houston Oilers and St. Louis Cardinals
  • Todrick Hall (b. 1985), American singer, rapper, choreographer, and YouTuber
  • Richard Wallace "Dick" Hall (1930-2023), American Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher who played from 1952 through 1957 and from 1959 through 1971
  • Adrian Hall (1927-2023), American theater director, founding Artistic Director of the Trinity Repertory Company in Providence, Rhode Island from 1963 to 1986, and the Artistic Director of Dallas Theater Center in Dallas, Texas from 1983 to 1989
  • Harriet A. Hall (1945-2023), American family physician, U.S. Air Force flight surgeon, author, science communicator and skeptic who often used the pseudonym "The SkepDoc"
  • Gwendolyn Midlo Hall (1929-2022), American historian from New Orleans, Louisiana who focused on the history of slavery in the Caribbean, Latin America, Louisiana, Africa, and the African Diaspora in the Americas
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Bradford City stadium fire
  • Norman Hall (1915-1985), from Bradford who attended the Bradford City and Lincoln City Third Division match on 11th May 1985 when the Bradford City stadium fire occurred and he died in the fire
  • Harry Royston Hall (d. 1943), Australian Fourth Engineer who died aboard the ship "Centaur" an Australian hospital ship when torpedoed on 14th May 1943
  • Mr. Henry Hall (d. 1914), Canadian Third Class Passenger from Toronto, Ontario, Canada who was traveling aboard the Empress of Ireland and died in the sinking 20
  • Mr. Harry S. Hall, American employee of the Grover Shoe factory in Brockton, Massachusetts on 20th March 1905 when the boiler exploded and collapsed the wooden building; he died 21
  • Mrs. Mary  Hall (1870-1917), Canadian resident from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada who died in the Halifax Explosion (1917) 22
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Suggested Readings for the name Hall +

  • An Alabama Newspaper Tradition: Grover C. Hall and the Hall Family by Daniel Webster Hollis.
  • A Givens-Hall Family History from Pre-Revolutionary Times to 1970; Including Many Related Families Such as Alexander, Bowman, Black, Chapman, French, Green, Johnston, Phlegar, Ross, Snidow, Stafford, Welker and Others by Dorothy Hall Givens.
  1. "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
  2. "Surnames Meanings, Origins & Distribution Maps - Forebears." Forebears, https://forebears.io/surnames
  3. The order of Common Surnames in 1955 in Newfoundland retrieved on 20th October 2021 (retrieved from Family Names of the Island of Newfoundland by E.R. Seary corrected edition ISBN 0-7735-1782-0)
  4. http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
  5. "Most Common Last Names in Australia." Forebears, https://forebears.io/australia/surnames
  6. "Most Common Last Names in New Zealand." Forebears, https://forebears.io/new-zealand/surnames
  7. "UK surname ranking." UK Surname map, https://www.surnamemap.eu/unitedkingdom/surnames_ranking.php?p=10
  8. "Most Common Last Names in South Africa." Forebears, https://forebears.io/south-africa/surnames
  9. Convict Records of Australia. Retrieved 4th February 2021 from https://convictrecords.com.au/ships
  10. Pilgrim Ship's of 1600's Retrieved January 6th 2023, retrieved from https://www.packrat-pro.com/ships/shiplist.htm
  11. 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)
  12. Rubincam, Milton. The Old United Empire Loyalists List. Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc, 1976. (Originally published as; United Empire Loyalists. The Centennial of the Settlement of Upper Canada. Rose Publishing Company, 1885.) ISBN 0-8063-0331-X
  13. Convict Records Voyages to Australia (Retrieved 30th October 2020). Retrieved from https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/Britannia
  14. Convict Records Voyages to Australia (Retrieved 13th August 2021). Retrieved from https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/earl-cornwallis
  15. Convict Records Voyages to Australia (Retrieved 25th November 2020). Retrieved from https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/calcutta
  16. Convict Records Voyages to Australia (Retrieved 22nd March 2021). Retrieved from https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/coromandel-and-experiment
  17. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_West_Indies
  18. Pilgrim Ship's of 1600's (Retrieved October 4th 2021 from https://www.packrat-pro.com/ships/shiplist.htm
  19. Pilgrim Ship Lists Early 1600's retrieved 29th September 2021. Retrieved from https://www.packrat-pro.com/ships/shiplist.htm
  20. Commemoration Empress of Ireland 2014. (Retrieved 2014, June 16) . Retrieved from http://www.empress2014.ca/seclangen/listepsc1.html
  21. California Digital Newspaper from 21st March 1905 (retrieved on 5th August 2021.) Retrieved from https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SFC19050321.2.19&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN--------1
  22. Halifax Explosion Book of Remembrance | Maritime Museum of the Atlantic. (Retrieved 2014, June 23) . Retrieved from https://maritimemuseum.novascotia.ca/what-see-do/halifax-explosion/halifax-explosion-book-remembrance

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