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    The surname Holtzman

    A German surname, carried by 2,842 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex H432

    Holtzman: #11,142 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Holtzman #11,142, 2,842 people Holtzman: #11,142 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Holtzman #11,142, 2,842 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Holtzman is more common than 93.1% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    From German Holzmann.

    One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,842 people named Holtzman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 108,637 Americans. That is down 1.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,871.

    #11,142
    rank among US surnames
    2,842
    people in 2010
    1.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    -1%
    change since 2000 (was #10,287)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #11,134McWhirter2,846108,484
    #11,135Pernell2,845108,522
    #11,138Henrich2,843108,599
    #11,142Getty2,842108,637
    #11,146Armand2,841108,675

    Who is named Holtzman

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

    95% of people named Holtzman identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as two or more races and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Holtzmans

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Lester Holtzman
      American politician (1913-2002)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Holtzman

    Holtzman has the Soundex code H432, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H432.

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Holtzman come from?
    From German Holzmann.
    How common is the surname Holtzman?
    2,842 people in the United States had the surname Holtzman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 108,637 Americans. It ranked 11,142nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Holtzman?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Holtzman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as two or more races.
    Who is the most famous person named Holtzman?
    Lester Holtzman, American politician (1913-2002).
    Where is the surname Holtzman most common?
    Wikidata records people named Holtzman in the United States.
    Is the surname Holtzman getting more or less common?
    Less common. 2,871 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,842 in 2010, down 1.0%.
    What are other spellings of Holtzman?
    Holzman, Holtzmann and Holzmann.