English: probably a variant of Halston, which is partly
a habitational name from Halston in Shropshire, possibly named with
the Old English personal name Ealh + tun
‘settlement’, and partly derived from the Old Norse personal name
Halsteinn. Alternatively, it may perhaps be a habitational name
from Holstone in County Durham, so named from Old English hol
‘hollow’ + stan ‘stone’. 1881 census has 4, Sussex; UK
7.Possibly an Americanized form of Holstein.
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