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    The surname Holness

    A Norse surname, carried by 1,286 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex H452

    Holness: #20,601 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Holness #20,601, 1,286 people Holness: #20,601 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Holness #20,601, 1,286 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Holness is more common than 87.3% of them.

    Origin

    Norse origin

    Variant of Holderness.

    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 1,286 people named Holness in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 240,082 Americans. That is up 37% since 2000, when the Census counted 938.

    #20,601
    rank among US surnames
    1,286
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +37.1%
    change since 2000 (was #24,892)

    Who is named Holness

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

    80% of people named Holness identified as Black (not Hispanic), 11% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 5.1% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Black (not Hispanic) 80%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 11%
    • White (not Hispanic) 5.1%
    • Two or more races 4.0%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Holness

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

    Other Norse surnames

    All 126 Norse surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Holness come from?
    Variant of Holderness.
    How common is the surname Holness?
    1,286 people in the United States had the surname Holness in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 240,082 Americans. It ranked 20,601st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Holness?
    In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Holness identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 11% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Holness getting more or less common?
    More common. 938 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,286 in 2010, up 37%.