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    The surname Holliman

    A surname, carried by 4,586 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex H455

    Holliman: #7,265 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Holliman #7,265, 4,586 people Holliman: #7,265 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Holliman #7,265, 4,586 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Holliman is more common than 95.5% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,586 people named Holliman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 67,323 Americans. That is up 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,120.

    #7,265
    rank among US surnames
    4,586
    people in 2010
    1.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +11.3%
    change since 2000 (was #7,446)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #7,258Futch4,59167,250
    #7,261Beggs4,59067,265
    #7,264Humble4,58867,294
    #7,265Spikes4,58667,323
    #7,268Fullmer4,58567,338
    #7,270Grube4,58467,353

    Who is named Holliman

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

    56% of people named Holliman identified as white (not Hispanic), 39% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 56%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 39%
    • Two or more races 2.7%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Hollimans

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Earl Holliman
      American actor (1928–2024)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Holliman

    Holliman has the Soundex code H455, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H455.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Holliman?
    4,586 people in the United States had the surname Holliman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 67,323 Americans. It ranked 7,265th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Holliman?
    In the 2010 Census, 56% of people named Holliman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 39% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Holliman?
    Earl Holliman, American actor (1928–2024).
    Where is the surname Holliman most common?
    Wikidata records people named Holliman in the United States.
    Is the surname Holliman getting more or less common?
    More common. 4,120 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,586 in 2010, up 11%.