How common is the surname Holdren?

2,802 people in the United States had the surname Holdren in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 110,188 Americans. It ranked 11,275th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Holdren?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Holdren identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Holdren?

John Holdren, American scientist and presidential advisor.

Where is the surname Holdren most common?

Wikidata records people named Holdren in the United States.

Is the surname Holdren getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,811 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,802 in 2010, down 0.3%.

The surname Holdren

A surname, carried by 2,802 people in the United States.

3 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). Holdren is more common than 93.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,802 people named Holdren in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 110,188 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 2,811.

#11,275

rank among US surnames

2,802

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

-0.3%

change since 2000 (was #10,478)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,269	Eckard	2,806	110,030
#11,272	Yeo	2,805	110,070
#11,273	Gallman	2,804	110,109
#11,275	Keese	2,802	110,188
#11,279	Wilford	2,801	110,227
#11,283	Rasberry	2,800	110,266

Who is named Holdren

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

94% of people named Holdren identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 1.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Holdrens

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

John Holdren
American scientist and presidential advisor, born 1944

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Holdren

Holdren 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 Holdren?: 2,802 people in the United States had the surname Holdren in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 110,188 Americans. It ranked 11,275th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Holdren?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Holdren identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Holdren?: John Holdren, American scientist and presidential advisor.
Where is the surname Holdren most common?: Wikidata records people named Holdren in the United States.
Is the surname Holdren getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,811 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,802 in 2010, down 0.3%.