Holiday Surname
Approximately 10,815 people bear this surname
Holiday Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Haliday,' a name given to a child born on a holy day; compare Hobday, Hockaday, Pentecost, Christmas, Whitsunday, &c.
'And hold wel thyn haliday Heighe til even.—: Piers Plowman, 3664.
Read More About This SurnameHoliday Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7,819 | 1:46,356 | 5,639 |
| England | 577 | 1:96,565 | 10,260 |
| Bangladesh | 451 | 1:353,341 | 9,758 |
| Sri Lanka | 365 | 1:57,010 | 6,293 |
| South Africa | 275 | 1:197,010 | 21,210 |
| Saudi Arabia | 239 | 1:129,104 | 17,726 |
| Nigeria | 176 | 1:1,006,493 | 42,496 |
| India | 164 | 1:4,677,228 | 120,006 |
| Egypt | 122 | 1:753,572 | 38,342 |
| Canada | 95 | 1:387,848 | 34,448 |
| Australia | 84 | 1:321,377 | 27,634 |
| Indonesia | 71 | 1:1,862,665 | 118,960 |
| Portugal | 38 | 1:274,164 | 10,086 |
| United Arab Emirates | 30 | 1:305,409 | 20,323 |
| Singapore | 21 | 1:262,272 | 11,611 |
| Italy | 19 | 1:3,218,773 | 100,309 |
| Thailand | 13 | 1:5,433,719 | 375,884 |
| Netherlands | 13 | 1:1,299,014 | 73,030 |
| Germany | 13 | 1:6,192,728 | 213,814 |
| Saint Martin | 12 | 1:2,930 | 74 |
| China | 10 | 1:136,732,157 | 7,199 |
| Brazil | 10 | 1:21,407,433 | 350,627 |
| Malaysia | 10 | 1:2,949,422 | 111,742 |
| Angola | 9 | 1:2,998,802 | 4,903 |
| New Zealand | 9 | 1:503,147 | 33,029 |
| Nepal | 9 | 1:3,164,551 | 10,069 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Scotland | 8 | 1:669,227 | 23,443 |
| Wales | 8 | 1:386,816 | 19,671 |
| Czechia | 7 | 1:1,519,067 | 97,842 |
| Japan | 7 | 1:18,263,470 | 47,869 |
| Philippines | 6 | 1:16,873,037 | 249,062 |
| Mexico | 6 | 1:20,687,701 | 53,861 |
| Kenya | 6 | 1:7,696,650 | 52,907 |
| Bulgaria | 6 | 1:1,163,151 | 37,744 |
| France | 6 | 1:11,070,454 | 349,096 |
| Spain | 5 | 1:9,350,407 | 109,555 |
| Poland | 4 | 1:9,502,187 | 181,606 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| Myanmar | 4 | 1:12,984,496 | 1,309 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Cyprus | 3 | 1:294,959 | 8,690 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Mauritius | 3 | 1:431,139 | 12,721 |
| Turkey | 3 | 1:25,940,474 | 162,557 |
| Ireland | 3 | 1:1,569,646 | 17,286 |
| Cambodia | 3 | 1:5,162,382 | 10,688 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Croatia | 2 | 1:2,114,302 | 85,143 |
| Saint Lucia | 2 | 1:89,390 | 2,918 |
| Jordan | 2 | 1:4,421,218 | 22,351 |
| Vietnam | 2 | 1:46,323,027 | 5,235 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 1:3,667,742 | 11,574 |
| Maldives | 2 | 1:202,086 | 4,973 |
| Tonga | 1 | 1:107,313 | 791 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 1 | 1:34,329 | 862 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| American Samoa | 1 | 1:55,758 | 3,072 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Gibraltar | 1 | 1:33,954 | 1,660 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Guyana | 1 | 1:762,221 | 14,420 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 15 | 1:295,324 | 11,912 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 823 | 1:29,618 | 3,992 |
| Scotland | 15 | 1:249,548 | 8,553 |
| Wales | 2 | 1:784,208 | 16,349 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,606 | 1:31,269 | 3,770 |
Holiday (1,050) may also be a first name.
Holiday Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Haliday,' a name given to a child born on a holy day; compare Hobday, Hockaday, Pentecost, Christmas, Whitsunday, &c.
'And hold wel thyn haliday Heighe til even.—: Piers Plowman, 3664.
Richard Haliday, Buckinghamshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Gerard Haliday, Suffolk, ibid.
Alan Halyday. Rolls of Parliament.
Willelmus Haliday, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
Johannes Halyday, 1379: ibid.
Adam Halyday, 1379: ibid.
John Haliday, Close Rolls, 37 Henry.
Leonard Hallidaye and Anne Wincoll: Marriage Lic. (London).
1583. Thomas Wallys and Alice Hollidaye. ibid.
1645. Married —John Holyday and Alice Case: Canterbury Cathedral.
The Hallidays of Hoddom, Dumfriesshire, were an old family there, and probably gave their name to Halliday Hill in the parish of Dalton. Thom Haliday was a nephew of Wallace (Henry the Minstrel, Wallacs, VI 535, S. T. S. ed.), and Adam de Halide, juror on inquest at St. Andrews, 1303 (Bain, II, 1350). John Halyday, archer of the East March, 1404 (ibid., IV, 669), John Halliday of Hoddom in record, 1439 (PSAS., XXIII, p. 36), Ambrose Halyday and David Halyday, merchants in Edinburgh, 1479 (Bain, IV, 1457). William Halliday held a tenement in Dumfries, 1506 (Edgar, p. 229), John Halyday, burgess of Dumfries, 1570 (RPC., XIV, p. 66), and another John Hallieday was bailie of Culross in last half of the seventeenth century (BOEC., VIII, p. 120). Grissell Holiday in Corrysholme, 1624 (Dumfries). John Holyday, weaver in Polwart, 1668 (Lauder). The name was carried by Scots to France and appears there as Halliday, vicomte de Ponfaudemer. Haliday 1717, Hallyday 1634. OGer. Halegdag, Get. Heillgtag, are family names.
(English) Descendant of Halliday or Haliday (name given to one born on Sunday or other holy day).
A well-known Scottish border clan, who from their great animosity against the Southron are said to have adopted the war-cry or slogan of A Holy Day, (Scottice, "a Haly Day"), because the chiefs and people of Annandale, whenever they made a raid or foray upon the Saxon border, accounted the day spent in rapine and slaughter a holy one. Burke's Commoners, ii. 127. In the XIII. century the name began to be common on the south of the Tweed. There were English Hallidays in our Scottish and French wars under Edw. III. and Hen. V. The Hallidays of the western counties descend from Walter Halliday, called the Minstrel, who was master of the revels to King Edward IV., and acquired lands at Rodborough, co. Gloucester. B.L.G.
The name is derived from the slogan or war cry of the family "a holy day, a holy day."
HALYBURTON.]
Local: from the lands of Halyburton in Berwickshire.
"Holy—day."It is said this name had its origin in the Slogan, or war—cry of a Gaelic clan residing in Annandale, who made frequent raids on the English border. On these occasions they employed the war—cry of "A holyday,"every day, in their estimation, being holy, that was spent in ravaging the enemy's country.
Holiday Demographics
Holiday Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Holiday Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Holiday Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Holiday (Arabic: هوليداي) is borne by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Holiday? popularity and diffusion
It is the 47,776th most frequent last name globally It is held by around 1 in 673,837 people. This last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 61 percent of Holiday are found; 61 percent are found in North America and 61 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 247,112th most commonly held first name internationally It is held by 1,050 people.
The surname is most frequent in The United States, where it is carried by 7,819 people, or 1 in 46,356. In The United States Holiday is primarily concentrated in: Texas, where 11 percent are found, California, where 11 percent are found and Georgia, where 5 percent are found. Besides The United States this last name exists in 83 countries. It is also found in England, where 5 percent are found and Bangladesh, where 4 percent are found.
Holiday Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Holiday has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 487 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it fell 30 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it fell 47 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 400 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it fell 80 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Holiday Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is principally Catholic (87%) in Ireland.
In The United States Holiday are 6.65% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 53.42% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Holiday earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 12.49% less than the national average, earning R 207,948 per year; in United States they earn 17.59% less than the national average, earning $35,558 USD per year and in Canada they earn 18.77% less than the national average, earning $40,358 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Holiday Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Holiday in the Arabic language | ||
| هوليداي | hwlyday | - |
| عطله | tlh | - |
| اعياد | ayad | - |
| هوليدي | hwlydy | - |
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