Hall

in North Carolina

There are 15,366 people with the last name "Hall" in North Carolina.

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Ranking in North Carolina

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Hall 21
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  1. is 17th most common Edwards
  2. is 18th most common Parker
  3. is 19th most common Lewis
  4. is 20th most common Allen
  5. is 21st most common Hall
  6. is 22nd most common Robinson
  7. is 23rd most common Clark
  8. is 24th most common Hill
  9. is 25th most common Walker

Similar Names and Nicknames

Hallman, Haller, Hawley, Halley, Hallett, Halliday, Halloran, Hallock, Hallmark, Hailey

Most Common First Names for Hall

James, John, William, Robert, David, Michael, Charles, Thomas, Mary, Richard



Meaning & History

English, Scottish, Irish, German, and Scandinavian: from Middle English hall (Old English heall), Middle High German halle, Old Norse hōll all meaning ‘hall’ (a spacious residence), hence a topographic name for someone who lived in or near a hall or an occupational name for a servant employed at a hall. In some cases it may be a habitational name from places named with this word, which in some parts of Germany and Austria in the Middle Ages also denoted a salt mine. The English name has been established in Ireland since the Middle Ages, and, according to MacLysaght, has become numerous in Ulster since the 17th century.

FOREBEARS Hall is one of the commonest and most widely distributed of English surnames, bearing witness to the importance of the hall as a feature of the medieval village. John Hall, an Englishman born in Kent in 1584 who emigrated to New England in 1632, founded a notable American family, whose members have included Lyman Hall (172490), politician and one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence; Asaph Hall (18291907), astronomer, who discovered the two satellites of Mars; and Stanley Hall (18441924), pioneer in psychophysics. Another John Hall emigrated to America in about 1652, settling in MA. His descendants include Charles M. Hall (18631914), who invented a process for the mass production of aluminum. A certain David Hall, born in Edinburgh around 1714, became a partner of Benjamin Franklin's in the printing business.


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