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    The surname Holsey

    A surname, carried by 1,909 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex H420

    Holsey: #15,363 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Holsey #15,363, 1,909 people Holsey: #15,363 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Holsey #15,363, 1,909 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Holsey is more common than 90.5% of them.

    Origin

    Perhaps a variant of Halsey.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,909 people named Holsey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 161,732 Americans. That is up 13% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,684.

    #15,363
    rank among US surnames
    1,909
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +13.4%
    change since 2000 (was #15,861)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #15,355Lisi1,910161,647
    #15,363Delany1,909161,732
    #15,370Calo1,908161,816

    Who is named Holsey

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

    66% of people named Holsey identified as Black (not Hispanic), 29% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • Black (not Hispanic) 66%
    • White (not Hispanic) 29%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Holsey

    Holsey has the Soundex code H420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H420.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Holsey come from?
    Perhaps a variant of Halsey.
    How common is the surname Holsey?
    1,909 people in the United States had the surname Holsey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 161,732 Americans. It ranked 15,363rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Holsey?
    In the 2010 Census, 66% of people named Holsey identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 29% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Holsey getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,684 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,909 in 2010, up 13%.