How common is the surname Hollingshead?

3,807 people in the United States had the surname Hollingshead in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 81,099 Americans. It ranked 8,639th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Hollingshead?

Ryan Hollingshead, American soccer player, followed by Gordon Hollingshead.

Where is the surname Hollingshead most common?

Wikidata records people named Hollingshead in the United States.

Is the surname Hollingshead getting more or less common?

More common. 3,804 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,807 in 2010, up 0.1%.

The surname Hollingshead

A surname, carried by 3,807 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). Hollingshead is more common than 94.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,807 people named Hollingshead in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 81,099 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 3,804.

#8,639

rank among US surnames

3,807

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

+0.1%

change since 2000 (was #8,040)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,631	Krishnan	3,810	81,036
#8,634	Rankins	3,809	81,057
#8,635	Waites	3,808	81,078
#8,639	McSweeney	3,807	81,099
#8,641	Zacharias	3,805	81,142
#8,645	Shanklin	3,804	81,163
#8,646	Weeden	3,803	81,185

Who is named Hollingshead

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

92% of people named Hollingshead identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.0% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Black (not Hispanic) 3.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Hollingsheads

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Ryan Hollingshead
American soccer player, born 1991
Gordon Hollingshead
American film director and producer (1892-1952)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Hollingshead

Hollingshead 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 Hollingshead?: 3,807 people in the United States had the surname Hollingshead in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 81,099 Americans. It ranked 8,639th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hollingshead?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Hollingshead identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Hollingshead?: Ryan Hollingshead, American soccer player, followed by Gordon Hollingshead.
Where is the surname Hollingshead most common?: Wikidata records people named Hollingshead in the United States.
Is the surname Hollingshead getting more or less common?: More common. 3,804 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,807 in 2010, up 0.1%.