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HALIFAX

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There are approximately 406 people named Halifax in the UK. That makes it the 11,461th most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 6 are named Halifax.

Region of origin

British Isles

Country of origin

England

Language of origin

English

Religion of origin

Christian

Classification

English
Location or Geographical Feature

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The Halifax surname in historical dictionaries

(origin: Sax. Local) From the city of Halifax, in Yorkshire, England, so called from Halig, holy, and faex, hair--holy hair; from the sacred hair of a certain virgin whom a clerk beheaded because she would not comply with his desires. She was afterward canonized. From this circumstance, the village was also called Horton, from Haer, Sax., hair, and ton, a town.

Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.

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