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The halt Surname

halt Name Meaning and History

  1. German: topographic name for someone who lived by pastureland, Middle High German halte ‘pasture’ or ‘stopping place’.
  2. English and North German: nickname from Middle English, Middle Low German halte ‘lame’ (Old English h(e)alt) ‘lame’.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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The halt name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the halt family name as far back in history as possible.

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Distribution of halt Families in the US in 1920
Number of halt families
 95-187
 32-94		 1-31
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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HELLO hseltenright 27
Holt/Halt and Miller tsaobny 0
Marjorie M (Halt) Crawford obituary dactackm 0
Claude Halt (Holt) and Jensen of Illinois CBL2000 0
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