How common is the surname Holcomb?

28,852 people in the United States had the surname Holcomb in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 10,701 Americans. It ranked 1,227th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Holcomb?

Steven Holcomb, American bobsledder (1980–2017), followed by Silas A. Holcomb.

Where is the surname Holcomb most common?

Wikidata records people named Holcomb in the United States.

Is the surname Holcomb getting more or less common?

More common. 28,668 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 28,852 in 2010, up 0.6%.

The surname Holcomb

A surname, carried by 28,852 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H425

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Holcomb is more common than 99.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 28,852 people named Holcomb in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 10,701 Americans. That is up 0.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 28,668.

#1,227

rank among US surnames

28,852

people in 2010

9.8

per 100,000 Americans

+0.6%

change since 2000 (was #1,120)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,219	Romano	29,018	10,640
#1,220	O'Neil	28,949	10,665
#1,221	Tyson	28,947	10,666
#1,222	Bui	28,919	10,676
#1,223	Hilton	28,918	10,677
#1,224	Caballero	28,903	10,682
#1,225	Downing	28,880	10,691

Who is named Holcomb

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

89% of people named Holcomb identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.0% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 89%
Black (not Hispanic) 6.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 1.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Holcombs

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Steven Holcomb
American bobsledder (1980–2017)
Silas A. Holcomb
American politician (1858-1920)
Robin Holcomb
American musician, born 1954
Roscoe Holcomb
American musician (1911–1981)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Holcomb

Holcomb has the Soundex code H425, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H425.

Questions

How common is the surname Holcomb?: 28,852 people in the United States had the surname Holcomb in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 10,701 Americans. It ranked 1,227th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Holcomb?: In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Holcomb identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.0% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Holcomb?: Steven Holcomb, American bobsledder (1980–2017), followed by Silas A. Holcomb.
Where is the surname Holcomb most common?: Wikidata records people named Holcomb in the United States.
Is the surname Holcomb getting more or less common?: More common. 28,668 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 28,852 in 2010, up 0.6%.