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    The surname Holiday

    A surname, carried by 6,881 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex H430

    Holiday: #5,089 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Holiday #5,089, 6,881 people Holiday: #5,089 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Holiday #5,089, 6,881 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Holiday is more common than 96.9% of them.

    Origin

    English surname, variant of Holliday.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,881 people named Holiday in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 44,869 Americans. That is up 6.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,491.

    #5,089
    rank among US surnames
    6,881
    people in 2010
    2.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6%
    change since 2000 (was #4,968)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,083Corder6,88744,830
    #5,085Belk6,88644,837
    #5,086Calvo6,88344,856
    #5,089Heims6,88144,869

    Who is named Holiday

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

    49% of people named Holiday identified as Black (not Hispanic), 36% as white (not Hispanic) and 9.0% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

    • Black (not Hispanic) 49%
    • White (not Hispanic) 36%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 9.0%
    • Two or more races 2.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Famous Holidays

    6 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Billie Holiday
      American jazz singer (1915–1959)
    • Jrue Holiday
      American basketball player (born 1990)
    • Justin Holiday
      American basketball player (born 1989)
    • Lauren Holiday
      American soccer player, born 1987
    • Aaron Holiday
      American basketball player (born 1996)
    • Henry Holiday
      British artist (1839–1927)

    Notable Holidays come mostly from the United States (5) and the United Kingdom (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Holiday

    Holiday has the Soundex code H430, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H430.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Holiday come from?
    English surname, variant of Holliday.
    How common is the surname Holiday?
    6,881 people in the United States had the surname Holiday in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 44,869 Americans. It ranked 5,089th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Holiday?
    In the 2010 Census, 49% of people named Holiday identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 36% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Holiday?
    Billie Holiday, American jazz singer (1915–1959), followed by Jrue Holiday.
    Where is the surname Holiday most common?
    Wikidata records people named Holiday in the United States and the United Kingdom.
    Is the surname Holiday getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,491 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,881 in 2010, up 6.0%.
    What are other spellings of Holiday?
    Holliday.