How common is the surname Holder?

33,465 people in the United States had the surname Holder in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 9,226 Americans. It ranked 1,040th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Holder?

Jason Holder, Barbadian cricketer and West Indies former captain, followed by Nancy Holder.

Where is the surname Holder most common?

Wikidata records people named Holder in the United States, Barbados and Germany and 1 other country.

How do you pronounce Holder?

Holder is /ˈhoʊldɚ/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Holder getting more or less common?

More common. 32,466 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 33,465 in 2010, up 3.1%.

The surname Holder

A surname, carried by 33,465 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈhoʊldɚ/ 2 syllables Soundex H436

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Holder is more common than 99.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 33,465 people named Holder in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 9,226 Americans. That is up 3.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 32,466.

#1,040

rank among US surnames

33,465

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+3.1%

change since 2000 (was #978)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,031	Vera	33,674	9,169
#1,032	Levine	33,637	9,179
#1,033	Mooney	33,555	9,201
#1,034	John	33,543	9,204
#1,035	Rosa	33,521	9,211
#1,036	Riddle	33,507	9,214
#1,037	Key	33,501	9,216

Who is named Holder

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

73% of people named Holder identified as white (not Hispanic), 21% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 73%
Black (not Hispanic) 21%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
Two or more races 2.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Holders

7 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jason Holder
Barbadian cricketer and West Indies former captain, born 1991
Nancy Holder
American writer, born 1953
Alfred Holder
Austrian-German librarian and linguist, 1840–1916
Meagan Holder
Actress, born 1984
Preston Holder
American archaeologist (1907-1980)
Chris Holder
Australian speedway rider, born 1987
Marcos Witt
American singer-songwriter, born 1962

Notable Holders come mostly from the United States (4), Barbados (1) and Germany (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Holder

Holder has the Soundex code H436, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H436.

Questions

How common is the surname Holder?: 33,465 people in the United States had the surname Holder in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 9,226 Americans. It ranked 1,040th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Holder?: In the 2010 Census, 73% of people named Holder identified as white (not Hispanic), and 21% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Holder?: Jason Holder, Barbadian cricketer and West Indies former captain, followed by Nancy Holder.
Where is the surname Holder most common?: Wikidata records people named Holder in the United States, Barbados and Germany and 1 other country.
How do you pronounce Holder?: Holder is /ˈhoʊldɚ/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Holder getting more or less common?: More common. 32,466 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 33,465 in 2010, up 3.1%.