Halferty

English

Alternative forms

• Hilferty

Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó hAilbheartaigh (“descendant of Ailbeartach”), a personal probably derived from ilbeartach (“accomplished”).

Proper noun

Halferty (plural Halfertys)

1. A surname from Irish.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Halferty is the 38948^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 566 individuals. Halferty is most common among White (95.94%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Halferty”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 116.