# Holyfield (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/holyfield/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A habitational surname from Old English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,790 |
| US rank (2010) | 16,157 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 172,484 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.7% (1,710 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Hollifield, Hollyfield |

## Etymology

From Old English hāliġ (“holy, sacred”) + feld (“field”); equivalent to holy + field.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Holyfield in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 59% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 35% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 2.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Holyfield in the United States.

## People named Holyfield

- Evander Holyfield, American boxer

## Similar surnames

Hollifield, Holifield, Helbling.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.