Holess Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Holess Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 9 | 1:1,902,123 | 19,532 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
Holess (128) may also be a first name.
Holess Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Holess Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Holess is most common in Malawi. It may also occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Holess.
How Common Is The Last Name Holess? popularity and diffusion
Holess is the 6,063,924th most widely held surname in the world, held by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 90 percent of Holess are found; 90 percent are found in Southern Africa and 90 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 821,896th most common forename world-wide It is held by 128 people.
It is most frequently occurring in Malawi, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 1,902,123. Besides Malawi this last name exists in one country. It is also found in Costa Rica, where 10 percent live.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Holess
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