How common is the surname Hollen?

2,477 people in the United States had the surname Hollen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 124,645 Americans. It ranked 12,514th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Hollen getting more or less common?

More common. 2,061 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,477 in 2010, up 20%.

The surname Hollen

A patronymic surname, carried by 2,477 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H450

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hollen is more common than 92.3% of them.

Origin

* As an English topographical surname, from the noun holly. Compare Hollis. * As a Dutch surname, patronymic of Holle.

Hollen is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,477 people named Hollen in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 124,645 Americans. That is up 20% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,061.

#12,514

rank among US surnames

2,477

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+20.2%

change since 2000 (was #13,522)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,510	Shain	2,478	124,595
#12,514	Freire	2,477	124,645
#12,519	Ratzlaff	2,476	124,695
#12,520	Dampier	2,475	124,746

Who is named Hollen

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

92% of people named Hollen identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Hollen

Hollen has the Soundex code H450, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H450.

Questions

Where does the surname Hollen come from?: * As an English topographical surname, from the noun holly. Compare Hollis. * As a Dutch surname, patronymic of Holle.
How common is the surname Hollen?: 2,477 people in the United States had the surname Hollen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 124,645 Americans. It ranked 12,514th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hollen?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Hollen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
What type of surname is Hollen?: Hollen is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Hollen getting more or less common?: More common. 2,061 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,477 in 2010, up 20%.