# Holland (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/holland/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

An English habitational surname from Middle English for someone from the Netherlands.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 102,538 |
| US rank (2010) | 305 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 3,011 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.7% (99,885 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈhɑ.lənd/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Old Dutch holt lant (“wood land”). A popular but false etymology holds that it is derived from hol land (“hollow land”), inspired by the low-lying geography of both the Dutch and the English region (Holland, Lincolnshire). Doublet of balanda (“white, European” among Australian Aboriginals).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Holland in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 77% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 18% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 2.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Holland in the United States, Australia, the United Kingdom, New Zealand and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

## People named Holland

- Willa Holland, American actress
- Dexter Holland, American rock musician
- André Holland, American actor
- Tom Holland, American scriptwriter and director (born 1943)
- James Holland, Australian association football player
- Jennifer Holland, American actress
- William Holland, American track and field athlete (1874–1930)
- Bill Holland, American racecar driver (1907-1984)
- Dave Holland, British drummer (1948–2018)
- Brian Holland, American songwriter and record producer
- Mary Holland, American actress
- Stephen Holland, Australian swimmer, Olympic bronze medallist, world champion, former world record-holder

and 28 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Howland, Hyland, Helland, Hollander, Hollandsworth, Helmuth.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.