How common is the surname Holstein?

4,098 people in the United States had the surname Holstein in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 75,341 Americans. It ranked 8,091st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Holstein?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Holstein identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Holstein?

Jim Holstein, American basketball player-coach (1930-2007).

Where is the surname Holstein most common?

Wikidata records people named Holstein in the United States.

Is the surname Holstein getting more or less common?

Less common. 4,120 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,098 in 2010, down 0.5%.

The surname Holstein

A surname, carried by 4,098 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H423

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Holstein is more common than 95% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,098 people named Holstein in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 75,341 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 4,120.

#8,091

rank among US surnames

4,098

people in 2010

1.4

per 100,000 Americans

-0.5%

change since 2000 (was #7,446)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,084	Trail	4,101	75,285
#8,087	Debord	4,100	75,304
#8,089	Medford	4,099	75,322
#8,091	Holstein	4,098	75,341
#8,093	Meissner	4,097	75,359
#8,097	Burnell	4,095	75,396

Who is named Holstein

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

93% of people named Holstein identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.9% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 1.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Holsteins

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jim Holstein
American basketball player-coach (1930-2007)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Holstein

Holstein has the Soundex code H423, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H423.

Questions

How common is the surname Holstein?: 4,098 people in the United States had the surname Holstein in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 75,341 Americans. It ranked 8,091st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Holstein?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Holstein identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Holstein?: Jim Holstein, American basketball player-coach (1930-2007).
Where is the surname Holstein most common?: Wikidata records people named Holstein in the United States.
Is the surname Holstein getting more or less common?: Less common. 4,120 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,098 in 2010, down 0.5%.