How common is the surname Hollinger?

5,634 people in the United States had the surname Hollinger in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 54,800 Americans. It ranked 6,087th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Hollinger?

Valie Export, Austrian media artist (1940–2026).

Where is the surname Hollinger most common?

Wikidata records people named Hollinger in Austria.

Is the surname Hollinger getting more or less common?

More common. 5,509 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,634 in 2010, up 2.3%.

The surname Hollinger

A surname, carried by 5,634 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex H452

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hollinger is more common than 96.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,634 people named Hollinger in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 54,800 Americans. That is up 2.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,509.

#6,087

rank among US surnames

5,634

people in 2010

1.9

per 100,000 Americans

+2.3%

change since 2000 (was #5,753)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,079	Munger	5,639	54,752
#6,083	Koon	5,638	54,762
#6,084	Kwong	5,637	54,771
#6,087	Hollinger	5,634	54,800
#6,088	Laguna	5,633	54,810
#6,091	Worsham	5,631	54,830
#6,093	Tolson	5,630	54,839

Who is named Hollinger

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

82% of people named Hollinger identified as white (not Hispanic), 13% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 82%
Black (not Hispanic) 13%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Hollingers

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Valie Export
Austrian media artist (1940–2026)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Hollinger

Hollinger has the Soundex code H452, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H452.

Questions

How common is the surname Hollinger?: 5,634 people in the United States had the surname Hollinger in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 54,800 Americans. It ranked 6,087th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hollinger?: In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Hollinger identified as white (not Hispanic), and 13% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Hollinger?: Valie Export, Austrian media artist (1940–2026).
Where is the surname Hollinger most common?: Wikidata records people named Hollinger in Austria.
Is the surname Hollinger getting more or less common?: More common. 5,509 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,634 in 2010, up 2.3%.