Last Name HALIFAX

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Meaning Local: Of Halifax, a well-known town in the West Riding Yorks.
Local: From the city of Halifax, in Yorkshire, England, so called from 'Halig,' holy, and 'faex,' hair - holy hair; from the sacred hair of a certain virgin whom a clerk beheaded because she would not comply with his desires. She was afterward canonized. From this circumstance, the village was also called 'Horton,' from 'Haer,' Saxon, hair, and 'ton,' a town.
Origin English, Anglo-Saxon, Jewish, French, German, Irish

Rank 102,691 (2000 US census) 63,560 (1990 US census)
Count 162 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 98.15%, or 159 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • undisclosed % as black,
  • undisclosed % as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0%, or 0 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 0%, or 0 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • undisclosed % as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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