How common is the surname Holroyd?

970 people in the United States had the surname Holroyd in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 318,294 Americans. It ranked 25,486th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Holroyd?

In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Holroyd identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Holroyd?

Charles Holroyd, British artist (1861-1917).

Where is the surname Holroyd most common?

Wikidata records people named Holroyd in the United Kingdom.

Is the surname Holroyd getting more or less common?

More common. 944 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 970 in 2010, up 2.8%.

The surname Holroyd

An English place surname, carried by 970 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H463

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Holroyd is more common than 84.3% of them.

Origin

English origin

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

Holroyd is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 970 people named Holroyd in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 318,294 Americans. That is up 2.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 944.

#25,486

rank among US surnames

970

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

+2.8%

change since 2000 (was #24,763)

Who is named Holroyd

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

97% of people named Holroyd identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 97%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
Two or more races 0.6%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Holroyds

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Charles Holroyd
British artist (1861-1917)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Holroyde

Holroyd has the Soundex code H463, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H463.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Holroyd come from?: English habitational surname from any of various minor places named with Old English holh (“hollow”) + royd (“clearing”).
How common is the surname Holroyd?: 970 people in the United States had the surname Holroyd in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 318,294 Americans. It ranked 25,486th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Holroyd?: In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Holroyd identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Holroyd?: Charles Holroyd, British artist (1861-1917).
Where is the surname Holroyd most common?: Wikidata records people named Holroyd in the United Kingdom.
What type of surname is Holroyd?: Holroyd is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Holroyd getting more or less common?: More common. 944 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 970 in 2010, up 2.8%.
What are other spellings of Holroyd?: Holroyde.