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    The surname Holdman

    An English occupational surname, carried by 569 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex H435

    Holdman: #38,801 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Holdman #38,801, 569 people Holdman: #38,801 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Holdman #38,801, 569 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Holdman is more common than 76.1% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    Various origins: * Occupational surname for a servant, from Middle English hold (“loyal, faithful”) + man (“man”). * Variant of the English surname Oldman. * Variant of German Holdmann.

    Holdman is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

    One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 569 people named Holdman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 542,611 Americans. That is down 22% since 2000, when the Census counted 727.

    #38,801
    rank among US surnames
    569
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    -21.7%
    change since 2000 (was #30,352)

    Who is named Holdman

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

    65% of people named Holdman identified as white (not Hispanic), 29% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 65%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 29%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.2%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Holdman

    Holdman has the Soundex code H435, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H435.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Holdman come from?
    Various origins: * Occupational surname for a servant, from Middle English hold (“loyal, faithful”) + man (“man”). * Variant of the English surname Oldman. * Variant of German Holdmann.
    How common is the surname Holdman?
    569 people in the United States had the surname Holdman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 542,611 Americans. It ranked 38,801st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Holdman?
    In the 2010 Census, 65% of people named Holdman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 29% as Black (not Hispanic).
    What type of surname is Holdman?
    Holdman is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
    Is the surname Holdman getting more or less common?
    Less common. 727 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 569 in 2010, down 22%.