# Holloway (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/holloway/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A habitational surname from Old English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 58,040 |
| US rank (2010) | 576 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 5,320 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.6% (55,466 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈhɒləweɪ/, 3 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Old English holh (“hollow”) + weġ (“way”); compare the doublet Holway.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Holloway in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 58% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 36% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 2.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Holloway in the United States, the United Kingdom, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and France.

## People named Holloway

- Josh Holloway, American actor
- Grant Holloway, American athlete
- Julian Holloway, British actor (1944–2025)
- Stanley Holloway, British actor, singer and comedian (1890–1982)
- Max Holloway, American mixed martial artist
- Sterling Holloway, American actor (1905–1992)
- Loleatta Holloway, American singer (1946–2011)
- Carol Holloway, actress (1892–1979)
- Natalee Holloway, American missing person (1986–2005)
- James L. Holloway III, American admiral (1922-2019)
- Edith Holloway, British chess player
- Nancy Holloway, American jazz musician (1932–2019)

and 3 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Hollaway, Halloway, Holley, Holly, Holl, Hollie, Holle, Hill, Hall, Howell, Hale, Hail.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.