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    The surname Holbert

    A surname, carried by 6,746 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex H416

    Holbert: #5,179 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Holbert #5,179, 6,746 people Holbert: #5,179 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Holbert #5,179, 6,746 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Holbert is more common than 96.8% of them.

    Origin

    From Proto-Germanic *Hulþaberhtaz, from *hulþaz (“favourable, gracious, loyal”) + *berhtaz (“bright”).

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,746 people named Holbert in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 45,767 Americans. That is up 1.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,627.

    #5,179
    rank among US surnames
    6,746
    people in 2010
    2.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.8%
    change since 2000 (was #4,865)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,170Greenwell6,76545,639
    #5,171Sills6,76145,666
    #5,172Forney6,75545,706
    #5,173Hoag6,75245,727
    #5,175Dreyer6,75145,733
    #5,176Woolley6,74945,747
    #5,177Dumont6,74845,754

    Who is named Holbert

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    79% of people named Holbert identified as white (not Hispanic), 15% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 79%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 15%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    • Two or more races 2.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Holberts

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Al Holbert
      American racecar driver (1946–1988)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Holbert

    Holbert has the Soundex code H416, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H416.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Holbert come from?
    From Proto-Germanic *Hulþaberhtaz, from *hulþaz (“favourable, gracious, loyal”) + *berhtaz (“bright”).
    How common is the surname Holbert?
    6,746 people in the United States had the surname Holbert in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 45,767 Americans. It ranked 5,179th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Holbert?
    In the 2010 Census, 79% of people named Holbert identified as white (not Hispanic), and 15% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Holbert?
    Al Holbert, American racecar driver (1946–1988).
    Where is the surname Holbert most common?
    Wikidata records people named Holbert in the United States.
    Is the surname Holbert getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,627 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,746 in 2010, up 1.8%.