Find out how popular the last name Halverson is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Halverson.

Halverson, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Halverson surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Halverson in America

Halverson is the 3040th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Halverson surname appeared 11,781 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 4 people would have the surname Halverson.

We can also compare 2010 data for Halverson to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Halverson

The surname Halverson has its origins in Scandinavia, specifically Norway and Sweden. It is a patronymic surname, meaning it was originally derived from the given name of a father or ancestor. The name is believed to have emerged in the Middle Ages, sometime between the 11th and 15th centuries.

The name Halverson is composed of two elements: "Halv" and "son." The first part, "Halv," is derived from the Old Norse word "halfr," meaning "half" or "side." This could suggest that the original bearer of the name was associated with a particular side or region. The second part, "son," is a common patronymic suffix indicating the person was the son of someone named Halv or a variation thereof.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name Halverson can be found in the medieval Norwegian census records, known as the "Diplomatorium Norvegicum," from the 13th century. This document mentions a man named "Halverson Olafsson," indicating that he was the son of a man named Olaf, and his own given name was Halverson.

In Sweden, the name Halverson appears in the Swedish Census Book of 1890, which lists several individuals with this surname residing in various parts of the country. One notable example is Johan Halverson (1819-1892), a Swedish farmer and landowner from Dalarna County.

Another historical figure bearing the Halverson name is Hans Halverson (1554-1635), a Norwegian explorer and navigator who is credited with being one of the first Europeans to sight the Antarctic mainland in 1624. His voyage and sightings are documented in various maritime records and journals from the early 17th century.

In the United States, one of the earliest recorded instances of the surname Halverson can be found in the New York Passenger Lists of 1820, which lists the arrival of an immigrant named Nils Halverson from Norway. Another notable American with this surname was Carl Halverson (1876-1949), a Norwegian-American businessman and politician who served as the 25th Governor of Minnesota from 1919 to 1921.

Other historical figures with the Halverson surname include Ingrid Halverson (1887-1972), a Norwegian-American author and educator who wrote several books on Scandinavian history and culture, and Ole Halverson (1809-1887), a Norwegian-American farmer and pioneer who settled in Wisconsin in the mid-19th century and played a role in the development of the state's agricultural industry.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Halverson

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Halverson.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Halverson was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Halverson has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Halverson was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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