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Where Does The Last Name Hold Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The last name Hold is most common in Austria. It may also be found as a variant: Höld. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Hold? ^{popularity and diffusion}

This surname is the 140,793^rd most common family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 2,300,362 people. The surname Hold occurs predominantly in Europe, where 70 percent of Hold live; 51 percent live in Western Europe and 51 percent live in Germanic Europe. It is also the 1,017,994^th most frequently held first name in the world. It is borne by 88 people.

Hold is most common in Austria, where it is borne by 802 people, or 1 in 10,618. In Austria it is mostly found in: Styria, where 41 percent are found, Vienna, where 25 percent are found and Lower Austria, where 21 percent are found. Not including Austria this surname is found in 59 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 22 percent are found and The United States, where 19 percent are found.

Hold Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The incidence of Hold has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 284 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 162 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it grew 2,150 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Hold Last Name Statistics ^demography

In The United States those holding the Hold surname are 15.85% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 62.62% being registered with the party.

The amount Hold earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 51.8% more than the national average, earning R 360,732 per year; in United States they earn 12.17% more than the national average, earning $48,402 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.39% more than the national average, earning $54,845 CAD per year.