Last Name HALLIDAY

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Meaning The son of Haliday, a name given to a child born on a holy day.
The name is derived from the slogan or war cry of the family " a holy day, a holy day."
"Holy-day." It is said this name had its origin in the 'Slogan,' or war-cry of a Gaelic clan residing in Annandale, who made frequent raids on the English border. On these occasions they employed the war-cry of "A holyday," every day, in their estimation, being holy, that was spent in ravaging the enemy's country.
Origin English, Scottish, Irish, Falkland

Rank 6,997 (2000 US census) 7,406 (1990 US census)
Count 4,418 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 92.39%, or 4082 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 4.05%, or 179 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.43%, or 19 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.25%, or 11 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.04%, or 46 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.83%, or 81 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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Shortest last names

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