How common is the surname Holter?

2,570 people in the United States had the surname Holter in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 120,134 Americans. It ranked 12,127th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Holter?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Holter identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Holter?

Norman Holter, American biophysicist (1914–1983), followed by Julia Holter.

Where is the surname Holter most common?

Wikidata records people named Holter in the United States.

Is the surname Holter getting more or less common?

More common. 2,554 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,570 in 2010, up 0.6%.

The surname Holter

A surname, carried by 2,570 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H436

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Holter is more common than 92.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,570 people named Holter in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 120,134 Americans. That is up 0.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,554.

#12,127

rank among US surnames

2,570

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+0.6%

change since 2000 (was #11,344)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,121	Topp	2,572	120,041
#12,124	Naber	2,571	120,088
#12,127	Nath	2,570	120,134
#12,130	Hammers	2,569	120,181
#12,132	Sugg	2,568	120,228
#12,136	Morelos	2,567	120,275

Who is named Holter

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

95% of people named Holter identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
Two or more races 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Holters

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Norman Holter
American biophysicist (1914–1983)
Julia Holter
American singer-songwriter, born 1984

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Holter

Holter has the Soundex code H436, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H436.

Questions

How common is the surname Holter?: 2,570 people in the United States had the surname Holter in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 120,134 Americans. It ranked 12,127th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Holter?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Holter identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Holter?: Norman Holter, American biophysicist (1914–1983), followed by Julia Holter.
Where is the surname Holter most common?: Wikidata records people named Holter in the United States.
Is the surname Holter getting more or less common?: More common. 2,554 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,570 in 2010, up 0.6%.