How common is the surname Holt?

87,531 people in the United States had the surname Holt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 3,527 Americans. It ranked 358th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Holt?

Claire Holt, Australian actress (born 1988), followed by Harold Holt.

Where is the surname Holt most common?

Wikidata records people named Holt in the United States, Australia and Austria.

Is the surname Holt getting more or less common?

More common. 84,710 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 87,531 in 2010, up 3.3%.

The surname Holt

A place surname, carried by 87,531 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex H430

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Holt is more common than 99.8% of them.

Origin

English, Dutch, north German, Norwegian and Danish surname, all from the noun holt (“copse, woodland”).

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

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 87,531 people named Holt in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 3,527 Americans. That is up 3.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 84,710.

#358

rank among US surnames

87,531

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+3.3%

change since 2000 (was #329)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#349	Duran	89,401	3,453
#350	Walters	89,376	3,454
#351	Cohen	89,091	3,466
#352	McDaniel	88,728	3,480
#353	Moran	88,615	3,484
#354	Parks	88,586	3,485
#355	Steele	88,230	3,499

Who is named Holt

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

79% of people named Holt identified as white (not Hispanic), 15% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 79%
Black (not Hispanic) 15%
Two or more races 2.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Holts

33 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Claire Holt
Australian actress (born 1988)
Harold Holt
Australian politician, 17th Prime Minister of Australia (1908-1967)
Olivia Holt
American actress and singer-songwriter (born 1997)
Tim Holt
American actor (1919–1973)
John Holt
American educator and author (1923–1985)
Gary Holt
American guitarist, born 1964
Jack Holt
American actor (1888-1951)
Henry E. Holt
Astronomer (1929–2019)
Maxwell Holt
American volleyball player, born 1987
Jennifer Holt
American actress (1920-1997)
Lester Holt
American journalist, born 1959
Charlene Holt
American actress (1928–1996)

Notable Holts come mostly from the United States (30), Australia (2) and Austria (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Holt

Holt has the Soundex code H430, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H430.

Questions

Where does the surname Holt come from?: English, Dutch, north German, Norwegian and Danish surname, all from the noun holt (“copse, woodland”).
How common is the surname Holt?: 87,531 people in the United States had the surname Holt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 3,527 Americans. It ranked 358th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Holt?: In the 2010 Census, 79% of people named Holt identified as white (not Hispanic), and 15% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Holt?: Claire Holt, Australian actress (born 1988), followed by Harold Holt.
Where is the surname Holt most common?: Wikidata records people named Holt in the United States, Australia and Austria.
What type of surname is Holt?: Holt is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Holt getting more or less common?: More common. 84,710 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 87,531 in 2010, up 3.3%.