Holderness Surname

195,664th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,144 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Jersey

Holderness Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Holderness,' a district in East Yorkshire. 'Lordings, ther is in Yorkshire, as I A mersh contree ycalled Holdernesse.': Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales.

Robert de Holderness, 17 Edward II: Freemen of York.

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Holderness Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,1041:328,31429,798
England6891:80,8688,974
Canada751:491,27542,011
South Africa751:722,36951,132
New Zealand691:65,62810,016
Australia681:396,99632,204
Northern Ireland251:73,8015,249
Scotland171:314,93014,413
Wales51:618,90625,852
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Jersey31:33,0674,675
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
France11:66,422,722504,397
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland61:738,31121,113
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England5211:46,7865,797
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1861:269,99321,996

Holderness Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Holderness,' a district in East Yorkshire. 'Lordings, ther is in Yorkshire, as I A mersh contree ycalled Holdernesse.': Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales.

Robert de Holderness, 17 Edward II: Freemen of York.

Rogerus de Holdernesse, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Johannes de Heldernes, 1379: ibid.

1797. Married — William Holderness and Jane Widdows: St. George, Hanover Square.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(Teutonic) belonging to Holderness, the Domesday Heldrenesse, 14th cent. Heldernes, Holdernesse [the second element is usually referred to Old Norse nes = Old English næss, a promontory; but it is questionable if it is not the Dutch nes, low marshy ground (cp. Old English (poet.) næss, (low) ground), in which case the first element may be the Dutch helder, bright, clear, shining]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

A great district or wapentake of Yorkshire.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

A location name in Yorkshire.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Holderness Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Holderness Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Holderness has its highest incidence in The United States. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Holderness.

How Common Is The Last Name Holderness? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 195,664th most numerous surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 3,399,042 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 55 percent of Holderness reside; 55 percent reside in North America and 55 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most frequent in The United States, where it is held by 1,104 people, or 1 in 328,314. In The United States Holderness is most frequent in: California, where 13 percent reside, Texas, where 8 percent reside and Colorado, where 7 percent reside. Apart from The United States it occurs in 18 countries. It is also common in England, where 32 percent reside and Canada, where 3 percent reside.

Holderness Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Holderness has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Holderness surname rose 594 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 132 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it rose 500 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Holderness Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is primarily Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Holderness last name are 16.33% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 63.1% registered with the political party.

The amount Holderness earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 55.28% more than the national average, earning R 369,000 per year; in United States they earn 12.78% more than the national average, earning $48,665 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.31% less than the national average, earning $42,574 CAD per year.

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Holderness Reference & Research

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