Holliday Surname
Approximately 38,965 people bear this surname
Holliday 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 SurnameHolliday Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 26,448 | 1:13,705 | 1,703 |
| England | 7,454 | 1:7,475 | 1,088 |
| Australia | 1,832 | 1:14,736 | 2,092 |
| Canada | 1,174 | 1:31,385 | 4,084 |
| South Africa | 755 | 1:71,759 | 8,945 |
| New Zealand | 341 | 1:13,280 | 2,305 |
| Scotland | 245 | 1:21,852 | 2,499 |
| Wales | 207 | 1:14,949 | 1,631 |
| France | 51 | 1:1,302,406 | 132,002 |
| Spain | 46 | 1:1,016,349 | 37,676 |
| United Arab Emirates | 36 | 1:254,508 | 17,423 |
| Germany | 33 | 1:2,439,559 | 124,421 |
| Thailand | 31 | 1:2,278,656 | 255,572 |
| Guernsey | 29 | 1:2,222 | 539 |
| Gibraltar | 25 | 1:1,358 | 302 |
| Honduras | 18 | 1:489,802 | 3,355 |
| Ireland | 18 | 1:261,608 | 9,673 |
| Northern Ireland | 16 | 1:115,315 | 6,804 |
| Brazil | 14 | 1:15,291,024 | 280,658 |
| Malaysia | 12 | 1:2,457,852 | 95,442 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9 | 1:3,428,424 | 32,607 |
| Puerto Rico | 9 | 1:394,460 | 3,042 |
| China | 8 | 1:170,915,196 | 8,932 |
| Argentina | 8 | 1:5,342,927 | 168,491 |
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| Jersey | 7 | 1:14,172 | 2,872 |
| Guyana | 6 | 1:127,037 | 7,965 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| Austria | 6 | 1:1,419,239 | 86,529 |
| Philippines | 6 | 1:16,873,037 | 249,062 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Sweden | 6 | 1:1,641,126 | 116,183 |
| Czechia | 5 | 1:2,126,694 | 115,412 |
| Norway | 5 | 1:1,028,457 | 61,363 |
| Lithuania | 5 | 1:606,918 | 21,375 |
| Japan | 5 | 1:25,568,859 | 50,629 |
| Belize | 5 | 1:71,095 | 2,977 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Switzerland | 4 | 1:2,053,229 | 97,179 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Belgium | 4 | 1:2,874,161 | 111,046 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Mexico | 3 | 1:41,375,402 | 71,397 |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 1:2,445,161 | 9,595 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
| Ecuador | 2 | 1:7,952,923 | 34,269 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 1:3,489,452 | 64,958 |
| British Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:31,594 | 1,029 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Saint Barthelemy | 1 | 1:9,614 | 134 |
| San Marino | 1 | 1:33,214 | 932 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 37 | 1:119,726 | 7,101 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 3,855 | 1:6,323 | 971 |
| Scotland | 47 | 1:79,643 | 4,400 |
| Wales | 24 | 1:65,351 | 3,160 |
| Isle of Man | 2 | 1:27,135 | 1,659 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3,856 | 1:13,024 | 1,677 |
Holliday (195) may also be a first name.
Holliday 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.
= Halliday, q.v.
(English) Descendant of Halliday, a name sometimes given to a child born on a Sunday or other holy day.
(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.
Holliday Demographics
Holliday Religious Adherence
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Holliday Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Holliday Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Holliday occurs more in The United States more 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 Holliday? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 14,305th most frequently used last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 187,028 people. This surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 67 percent of Holliday reside; 67 percent reside in North America and 67 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Holliday is also the 649,894th most widely held first name worldwide It is held by 195 people.
The surname is most commonly held in The United States, where it is held by 26,448 people, or 1 in 13,705. In The United States it is primarily found in: Texas, where 7 percent reside, California, where 7 percent reside and South Carolina, where 6 percent reside. Beside The United States it occurs in 81 countries. It is also found in England, where 19 percent reside and Australia, where 5 percent reside.
Holliday Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Holliday has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Holliday last name expanded 686 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 193 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 521 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 863 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 51 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Holliday Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is primarily Anglican (65%) in Ireland.
In The United States Holliday are 16.1% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 62.87% registered with the political party.
The amount Holliday earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 39.15% more than the national average, earning R 330,684 per year; in United States they earn 6.61% less than the national average, earning $40,298 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.43% less than the national average, earning $48,974 CAD per year.
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