Explore the Family Name Hailstone

The meaning of Hailstone

English: 1. from Ailstan, a variant of the Old English personal name Æthelstān (‘noble’ + ‘stone’), with prosthetic initial H-. The first element of the Old English name developed from Æthel- to Ægel- and then to Ail-; it was often further shortened to Al- (see Alston). 2. habitational name from Hailstone Hill in Wiltshire or Hailstone Farm in Gloucestershire, the former of which may be derived from Old English hālig-stān ‘holy stone’ or hagolstān ‘hailstone’ (Middle English hawelston, hailston).

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How common is the last name Hailstone in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Hailstone had a slight decrease in popularity rank from 67,317 in 2000 to 68,949 in 2010, reflecting a -2.42% change. However, count wise, there was an increase of 4.01%, with the number of people bearing the surname rising from 274 in 2000 to 285 in 2010. The proportion of people per 100k with this surname remained constant at 0.1 during both census periods.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#67,317	#68,949	-2.42%
Count	274	285	4.01%
Proportion per 100k	0.1	0.1	0%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Hailstone

In terms of ethnic identity, the Hailstone surname predominantly identifies as White, with little change between 2000 and 2010 (94.16% to 94.04%). According to the Decennial U.S. Census data, there were no individuals with this surname identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, Hispanic, or belonging to two or more races during these years. Interestingly, there was a significant increase of 65.10% in individuals identifying as American Indian and Alaskan Native, although still relatively small in proportion, it went up from 2.55% in 2000 to 4.21% in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
White	94.16%	94.04%	-0.13%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	2.55%	4.21%	65.1%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
Hispanic	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%