How common is the surname Holm?

13,341 people in the United States had the surname Holm in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 23,143 Americans. It ranked 2,701st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Holm?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Holm identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Holm getting more or less common?

More common. 12,894 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 13,341 in 2010, up 3.5%.

The surname Holm

A Norse surname, carried by 13,341 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex H450

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Holm is more common than 98.3% of them.

Origin

Norse origin

* As an English, Scottish, German (by way of Low German holm), Scandinavian (Norway, Sweden, and Denmark) /North Germanic surname (from Old Norse holmr), from holm (“islet”), all from Proto-Germanic *hulmaz. * Also as an English surname, from holm (“holly”). Compare Hollis.

One of 126 Norse surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 13,341 people named Holm in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 23,143 Americans. That is up 3.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 12,894.

#2,701

rank among US surnames

13,341

people in 2010

4.5

per 100,000 Americans

+3.5%

change since 2000 (was #2,578)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,692	Carrier	13,377	23,080
#2,694	William	13,373	23,087
#2,695	Asher	13,371	23,091
#2,696	Shell	13,369	23,094
#2,697	Layne	13,367	23,098
#2,698	Gilliland	13,351	23,125
#2,699	Alba	13,347	23,132

Who is named Holm

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

94% of people named Holm identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Holm

Holm has the Soundex code H450, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H450.

Other Norse surnames

All 126 Norse surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Holm come from?: * As an English, Scottish, German (by way of Low German holm), Scandinavian (Norway, Sweden, and Denmark) /North Germanic surname (from Old Norse holmr), from holm (“islet”), all from Proto-Germanic *hulmaz. * Also as an English surname, from holm (“holly”). Compare Hollis.
How common is the surname Holm?: 13,341 people in the United States had the surname Holm in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 23,143 Americans. It ranked 2,701st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Holm?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Holm identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Holm getting more or less common?: More common. 12,894 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 13,341 in 2010, up 3.5%.