How common is the surname Hollins?

10,213 people in the United States had the surname Hollins in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 30,231 Americans. It ranked 3,499th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Hollins?

Lionel Hollins, American basketball player and coach, followed by Ryan Hollins.

Where is the surname Hollins most common?

Wikidata records people named Hollins in the United States.

Is the surname Hollins getting more or less common?

More common. 9,060 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,213 in 2010, up 13%.

The surname Hollins

A surname, carried by 10,213 people in the United States.

2 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). Hollins is more common than 97.8% of them.

Origin

Plural variant of Hollen.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 10,213 people named Hollins in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 30,231 Americans. That is up 13% since 2000, when the Census counted 9,060.

#3,499

rank among US surnames

10,213

people in 2010

3.5

per 100,000 Americans

+12.7%

change since 2000 (was #3,603)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,490	Searcy	10,243	30,142
#3,491	Logsdon	10,242	30,145
#3,492	Culbertson	10,240	30,151
#3,493	Glaser	10,235	30,166
#3,494	Weems	10,231	30,177
#3,495	McCallum	10,229	30,183
#3,496	Neil	10,228	30,186

Who is named Hollins

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

74% of people named Hollins identified as Black (not Hispanic), 20% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.9% as two or more races.

Black (not Hispanic) 74%
White (not Hispanic) 20%
Two or more races 3.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Famous Hollinss

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Lionel Hollins
American basketball player and coach, born 1953
Ryan Hollins
American basketball player (born 1984)
Austin Hollins
American basketball player (born 1991)
Vory
American rapper and singer from Kentucky (born 1997)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Hollins

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

Questions

Where does the surname Hollins come from?: Plural variant of Hollen.
How common is the surname Hollins?: 10,213 people in the United States had the surname Hollins in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 30,231 Americans. It ranked 3,499th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hollins?: In the 2010 Census, 74% of people named Hollins identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 20% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Hollins?: Lionel Hollins, American basketball player and coach, followed by Ryan Hollins.
Where is the surname Hollins most common?: Wikidata records people named Hollins in the United States.
Is the surname Hollins getting more or less common?: More common. 9,060 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,213 in 2010, up 13%.