How common is the surname Holzer?

3,911 people in the United States had the surname Holzer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 78,943 Americans. It ranked 8,446th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Holzer?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Holzer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Holzer?

Jenny Holzer, American conceptual artist (born 1950), followed by Sepp Holzer.

Where is the surname Holzer most common?

Wikidata records people named Holzer in Austria and the United States.

Is the surname Holzer getting more or less common?

More common. 3,901 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,911 in 2010, up 0.3%.

The surname Holzer

A surname, carried by 3,911 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H426

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Holzer is more common than 94.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,911 people named Holzer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 78,943 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 3,901.

#8,446

rank among US surnames

3,911

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

+0.3%

change since 2000 (was #7,867)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,438	Eddins	3,914	78,882
#8,439	Esteves	3,913	78,903
#8,443	Bergquist	3,912	78,923
#8,446	Springs	3,911	78,943
#8,449	Morano	3,910	78,963
#8,453	Pollak	3,908	79,003

Who is named Holzer

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

95% of people named Holzer identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Two or more races 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Holzers

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jenny Holzer
American conceptual artist (born 1950)
Sepp Holzer
Austrian farmer, permaculturist, and writer, born 1942
Adi Holzer
Austrian painter and sculptor (born 1936)

Notable Holzers come mostly from Austria (2) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Holzer

Holzer has the Soundex code H426, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H426.

Questions

How common is the surname Holzer?: 3,911 people in the United States had the surname Holzer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 78,943 Americans. It ranked 8,446th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Holzer?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Holzer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Holzer?: Jenny Holzer, American conceptual artist (born 1950), followed by Sepp Holzer.
Where is the surname Holzer most common?: Wikidata records people named Holzer in Austria and the United States.
Is the surname Holzer getting more or less common?: More common. 3,901 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,911 in 2010, up 0.3%.