How common is the surname Holeman?

2,751 people in the United States had the surname Holeman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 112,230 Americans. It ranked 11,448th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Holeman getting more or less common?

More common. 2,639 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,751 in 2010, up 4.2%.

The surname Holeman

A surname, carried by 2,751 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H455

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Holeman is more common than 92.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,751 people named Holeman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 112,230 Americans. That is up 4.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,639.

#11,448

rank among US surnames

2,751

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+4.2%

change since 2000 (was #11,049)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,440	Wehr	2,753	112,149
#11,443	Nygaard	2,752	112,190
#11,448	Mancillas	2,751	112,230
#11,456	Greenbaum	2,750	112,271

Who is named Holeman

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

76% of people named Holeman identified as white (not Hispanic), 17% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 76%
Black (not Hispanic) 17%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 2.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Holeman

Holeman has the Soundex code H455, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H455.

Questions

How common is the surname Holeman?: 2,751 people in the United States had the surname Holeman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 112,230 Americans. It ranked 11,448th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Holeman?: In the 2010 Census, 76% of people named Holeman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 17% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Holeman getting more or less common?: More common. 2,639 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,751 in 2010, up 4.2%.