How common is the surname Holzman?

2,055 people in the United States had the surname Holzman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 150,241 Americans. It ranked 14,511th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Holzman?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Holzman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Holzman?

Red Holzman, American basketball player and coach (1920-1998), followed by Jac Holzman.

Where is the surname Holzman most common?

Wikidata records people named Holzman in the United States.

Is the surname Holzman getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,082 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,055 in 2010, down 1.3%.

What are other spellings of Holzman?

Holtzman, Holtzmann and Holzmann.

The surname Holzman

A German surname, carried by 2,055 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H425

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Holzman is more common than 91.1% 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 2,055 people named Holzman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 150,241 Americans. That is down 1.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,082.

#14,511

rank among US surnames

2,055

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

-1.3%

change since 2000 (was #13,415)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,505	Gendreau	2,057	150,095
#14,507	Snedeker	2,056	150,168
#14,511	Simas	2,055	150,241
#14,519	Bogert	2,054	150,314

Who is named Holzman

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

95% of people named Holzman identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Holzmans

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Red Holzman
American basketball player and coach (1920-1998)
Jac Holzman
American businessman (born 1931)
Adam Holzman
American jazz keyboardist (born 1958)
Winnie Holzman
American librettist, screenwriter and poet, born 1954

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Holtzman
Holtzmann
Holzmann

Holzman has the Soundex code H425, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H425.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Holzman come from?: From German Holzmann.
How common is the surname Holzman?: 2,055 people in the United States had the surname Holzman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 150,241 Americans. It ranked 14,511th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Holzman?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Holzman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Holzman?: Red Holzman, American basketball player and coach (1920-1998), followed by Jac Holzman.
Where is the surname Holzman most common?: Wikidata records people named Holzman in the United States.
Is the surname Holzman getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,082 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,055 in 2010, down 1.3%.
What are other spellings of Holzman?: Holtzman, Holtzmann and Holzmann.