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    The surname Hollaway

    A surname, carried by 3,320 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex H400

    Hollaway: #9,761 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Hollaway #9,761, 3,320 people Hollaway: #9,761 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Hollaway #9,761, 3,320 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hollaway is more common than 94% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,320 people named Hollaway in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 92,996 Americans. That is up 13% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,951.

    #9,761
    rank among US surnames
    3,320
    people in 2010
    1.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +12.5%
    change since 2000 (was #10,072)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #9,754Latour3,32392,912
    #9,756Paynter3,32292,940
    #9,760Penton3,32192,968
    #9,761Struck3,32092,996
    #9,765Channell3,31893,052
    #9,767Percival3,31793,080
    #9,770Parekh3,31693,108

    Who is named Hollaway

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

    76% of people named Hollaway identified as white (not Hispanic), 19% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 76%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 19%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Hollaway

    Hollaway has the Soundex code H400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H400.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Hollaway?
    3,320 people in the United States had the surname Hollaway in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 92,996 Americans. It ranked 9,761st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Hollaway?
    In the 2010 Census, 76% of people named Hollaway identified as white (not Hispanic), and 19% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Hollaway getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,951 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,320 in 2010, up 13%.