# Holroyd (surname)

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

A 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) | 970 |
| US rank (2010) | 25,486 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 318,294 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.8% (944 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Holroyde |

## Etymology

English habitational surname from any of various minor places named with Old English holh (“hollow”) + royd (“clearing”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Holroyd 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) | 97% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 0.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Holroyd in the United Kingdom.

## People named Holroyd

- Charles Holroyd, British artist (1861-1917)

## Similar surnames

Hilliard, Hillard, Hillyard, Hilyard.

## 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.