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    The surname Holes

    A Slovak surname, carried by 327 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex H420

    Holes: #61,436 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Holes #61,436, 327 people Holes: #61,436 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Holes #61,436, 327 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Holes is more common than 62.1% of them.

    Origin

    Slovak origin

    Various origins: * Variant of English Hole. * Borrowed from Slovak Holeš or Czech Holeš.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 327 people named Holes in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 944,176 Americans. That is down 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 371.

    #61,436
    rank among US surnames
    327
    people in 2010
    0.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    -11.9%
    change since 2000 (was #52,500)

    Who is named Holes

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

    85% of people named Holes identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 4.3% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 85%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 7.7%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 4.3%
    • Two or more races 2.1%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Holes

    Holes has the Soundex code H420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H420.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Holes come from?
    Various origins: * Variant of English Hole. * Borrowed from Slovak Holeš or Czech Holeš.
    How common is the surname Holes?
    327 people in the United States had the surname Holes in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 944,176 Americans. It ranked 61,436th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Holes?
    In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Holes identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Holes getting more or less common?
    Less common. 371 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 327 in 2010, down 12%.