Halus

surname · Latin script

Meaning: smooth, soft

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/həɫəs/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Halus is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Malaysia than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • RORomania≈1 in 164K(inferred from the name graph)
  • MYMalaysia≈1 in 216K
  • ATAustria≈1 in 519K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Malaysia (inferred from the name graph)

≈150 people, est.

Sources
88 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 164K (inferred from the name graph)

Romania, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

smooth, soft

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Where in the world(measured from records)

Halus counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Halus is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
MY Malaysia≈150 est.≈1 in 216K—Halus8
RO Romania≈130 est.≈1 in 164K—Halus6
US United States≈71 est.≈1 in 4.7MlistedHalus88
IT Italy≈45 est.≈1 in 1.4M—Halus1
DE Germany≈21 est.≈1 in 3.9M—Halus14
AT Austria≈17 est.≈1 in 519K—Halus2
PL Poland91 in 4.3M5——
LB Lebanon≈5 est.≈1 in 1M—Halus1

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: the us-wru-surnames-voterfile register; dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Halus is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Ukrainian surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Ukraine, Russia, Kazakhstan, Türkiye

    Languages: Ukrainian, Russian

    Also written Халус

  • Turkish surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Türkiye, Syria, Malaysia

    Also written Haluş, Halüs

  • a separate name5 spellings in the group

    Also written Haluš

43 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Colleague,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 7 sources across 4 countries.

Official registers attesting Halus
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames)20265—
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—5#196,089
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames)20264—
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—4#224,077
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 2

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Halus mean, and where does it come from?
smooth, soft Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How do you pronounce Halus?
A machine transcription gives /həɫəs/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Halus have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 151 people named Halus in Malaysia, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled halus.
How common is the name Halus?
In Poland, the national register counted 9 people named Halus in 2026, about 1 in 4.3 million residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Halus”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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