Holm Surname

7,680th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 73,863 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Faroe Islands

Holm Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the holm,' from residence upon a holm, an islet in, or a flat land beside, a river. The word as a place name is common all over England. In my old parish (Ulverston, North Lancashire) is an Appletree-holm in the river Crake.

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Holm Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States18,5091:19,5832,461
Denmark15,6851:36028
Sweden14,6721:67144
Norway7,4461:69149
Germany4,8801:16,4972,179
Finland2,9921:1,837277
Ghana2,1471:12,5851,652
Canada1,8261:20,1782,796
Australia1,0131:26,6493,628
South Africa6171:87,80810,786
England4941:112,79011,595
Estonia4061:3,256242
New Zealand2991:15,1452,634
Netherlands2941:57,4399,880
Faroe Islands2671:18430
Argentina2621:163,14313,730
Brazil2461:870,22131,350
Greenland2431:23249
France1951:340,62951,332
Thailand1691:417,97873,233
Spain1461:320,21918,882
Switzerland1061:77,4808,969
Austria781:109,17215,555
Iceland711:5,353644
Dominican Republic691:151,2025,897
Chile621:284,1378,321
Portugal571:182,7767,697
Scotland561:95,6046,623
Poland491:775,68962,719
Mexico481:2,585,96321,318
Luxembourg421:13,8222,948
Singapore391:141,2236,278
United Arab Emirates361:254,50817,423
Russia261:5,543,194237,148
Italy201:3,057,83499,174
Uruguay191:180,61914,948
Greece171:651,75273,285
Mozambique161:1,703,8482,274
Belgium151:766,44363,354
China151:91,154,7714,767
Ireland141:336,35312,021
Malaysia131:2,268,78789,138
Qatar121:196,50026,891
Philippines111:9,203,475207,772
Guatemala101:1,608,2675,853
Egypt91:10,215,08448,153
Peru91:3,531,56931,288
Hong Kong81:916,9354,774
India81:95,883,173728,828
Iran71:10,968,932186,522
Nigeria71:25,306,108327,793
Ecuador61:2,650,97426,148
Czechia51:2,126,694115,412
Indonesia51:26,449,839597,308
Lithuania51:606,91821,375
Wales51:618,90625,852
Bahamas41:97,9381,027
Malta41:107,5681,849
Palau41:5,411112
Sri Lanka41:5,202,14012,146
Belarus31:3,167,020121,664
Tanzania31:17,647,204107,932
United States Virgin Islands31:36,7924,502
Vietnam31:30,882,0184,101
Bulgaria21:3,489,45264,958
Jamaica21:1,434,97411,081
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Kazakhstan21:8,841,248174,813
Kyrgyzstan21:2,986,32784,533
Latvia21:1,025,02341,546
Lebanon21:2,818,54225,087
Paraguay21:3,618,37313,977
Turkey21:38,910,711171,901
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
Ukraine21:22,761,348425,733
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Belize11:355,4743,977
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Cape Verde11:529,6426,792
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Dominica11:75,891912
East Timor11:1,215,928507
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Lesotho11:2,032,55823,402
Liechtenstein11:38,3781,726
Macau11:601,6301,582
North Macedonia11:2,101,47231,546
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Seychelles11:92,3931,532
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Syria11:19,301,02222,457
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
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PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland21:2,214,93333,683
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland1321:28,3582,493
England931:262,10118,696
Wales31:522,80514,314
Jersey11:51,8823,898
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,4571:34,4674,117

The alternate forms: Hólm (82) & Hölm (5) are calculated separately.

Holm (2,295) may also be a first name.

Holm Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the holm,' from residence upon a holm, an islet in, or a flat land beside, a river. The word as a place name is common all over England. In my old parish (Ulverston, North Lancashire) is an Appletree-holm in the river Crake. 'Holm, place besydone a water; hulmus': Promptorium Parvulorum The word is sometimes found spelt home or holms. 'Homes, probably holms, which signified originally river-islands' (Kennett).

Goscelin de Holme, Suffolk, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

John in le Holmp (sic), Cambridgeshire, ibid.

Robert del Holm, Yorkshire, 20 Edward I: Placita de Quo Warranto, temp. Edward I-III.

Thomas del Holme, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Adam del Holme, 1379: ibid.

Johannes del Holme, 1379: ibid.

Adam atte Home, Close Rolls, 14 Edward III. pt.

1574. Robert Cooke and Johanna Homes, of Isleworth: Marriage Lic. (London).

1615. Baptised — Alice, d. Thomas Holmes: St. James, Clerkenwell.

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

Johannes Holmys, capellanus, witness in Ayr, 1460 (Ayr, p. 35), doubtless derived his name from the lands of Holmes near Dundonald in Kyle Stewart. There were also lands named Holmes in the barony of Inchestuir. James Hoomes in 1668 to find caution that he will not harm any of the inhabitants of Inverness (Rec. lnv., II, p. 233).

— The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

(Anglo-Scand.) Dweller on a River-Island or Low Riparian Land [Middle English holm(e, Old English holm = Old Norse hólm-r] . . . aet þám holme.—A.-Sax. Chron., A.D. 902.

Henry de Holm.—Cal. Inq. P.M., A,D. 1254.

Goscelyn de Holme.—Hund. Rolls, A.D. 1274.

Robert del Holm.—Plac. de quo Warr., A.D. 1292.

Laurence de Holm.—Lanc. Fines, A.D. 1377-8.

Adam del Holme.—Yorks Poll-Tax, A.D. 1379.

Henry Holme.—Lanc. Fines, A.D. 1467.

(English) Dweller at a Holly-Tree; also a Holm-Oak (Evergreen-Oak) [Middle Englishholm, holly, evergreen-oak; for holin, Old English hole(g)n, holly-tree: the leaves of the evergreen-oak resemble holly-leaves] And eek the names that the trees highte, As 00k, firre, birch, aspe, alder, holm, popeler.— Chaucer, Cant. Tales, A 2920-1. Some of the Holm(e names in our mediæval records (examples of which are given above) prob. refer to the tree.

— Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(Danish, English, Norwegian) Dweller at, or near, the holly tree; dweller on, or near, the hill; one who came from Holme (island), the name of many places in England; dweller on the small island, or on the spot of dry land in a fen.

— Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

A holme is defined by Halliwell as ' flat land; a small island; a deposit of soil at the confluence of two waters. Flat grounds near water are called holms.'

— Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Holm: (Old Norse), a flat island. Duels were called “holm- göngir,” because fought on islands. Flat Holme and Steep Holme in the Bristol Channel; Holmes as surname.

— Family Names And Their Story (1913) by Sabine Baring-Gould

Holmes. —Widely distributed over England, but rare in the south, especially in the south - west. The northern half of England evidently possesses its home, or rather its homes; in the counties of Durham and Derby, in the West Riding, and in Lincolnshire, occur the greatest numbers of the name.

— Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy
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Holm Last Name Facts

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

Holm (Georgian: ჰოლმ) occurs in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Hólm or Hölm. Click here for other possible spellings of Holm.

How Common Is The Last Name Holm? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 7,680th most widely held last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 98,663 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 65 percent of Holm live; 57 percent live in Northern Europe and 56 percent live in Scandinavia. Holm is also the 155,629th most frequently used given name on earth, held by 2,295 people.

The surname is most commonly used in The United States, where it is carried by 18,509 people, or 1 in 19,583. In The United States Holm is most common in: Minnesota, where 13 percent live, California, where 13 percent live and Washington, where 7 percent live. Apart from The United States it is found in 104 countries. It is also found in Denmark, where 21 percent live and Sweden, where 20 percent live.

Holm Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Holm has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 1,270 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 531 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it contracted 58 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it grew 700 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Wales it grew 167 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Holm Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Holm surname is predominantly Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Holm surname are 10.59% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 57.36% registered with the political party.

The amount Holm earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 1.17% more than the national average, earning 350,140 kr per year; in Peru they earn 50.92% less than the national average, earning S/. 9,515 per year; in South Africa they earn 45.9% more than the national average, earning R 346,716 per year; in United States they earn 7.04% more than the national average, earning $46,185 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.22% more than the national average, earning $50,784 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

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SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hólm9282/
Hölm925/
Holme895,309/
Hollm89205/
Kholm8947/
Åholm8917/
Hoelm8911/
Holmø895/
Øholm895/
Houlm892/
Hoilm891/
Hoslm891/
Cholm891/
Holmm891/
Holmd890/
Hoolm890/
Olm861,432/
Cholme8013/
Håholm8012/
Hotlem8010/
Holmøe808/
Khollm804/
Chollm802/
Houlme802/
Hoolme801/
Åkholm801/
Hollme801/
Chholm801/
D'Holm801/
Helm7544,469/
Halm7511,960/
Golm751,759/
Hulm751,248/
Ahlm75842/
Olme75125/
Oulm7573/
Hülm7522/
Ehlm755/
Oelm753/
Jolm751/
Olmt751/
Ohlm751/
Olhm750/
Holmová7314/
Holmova7311/
Høkholm735/
Højholm733/
Choislm730/
Hulme6716,623/
Halme674,491/
Chalm67146/
Goulm6778/
Khulm6774/
Halmø6748/
Hellm6748/
Khalm6724/
Hallm6723/
Haelm6717/
Otlem6717/
Hjalm6710/
Halhm677/
Ahalm676/
Oilme674/
Hullm673/
Oilem672/
Helmm672/
Helmh671/
Guhlm671/
Golhm671/
Ollmh671/
Oulmd671/
Chołm671/
Halmm671/
Haslm671/
Osilm671/
Cholmova671/
Hjulm671/
Helmø671/
Hoolehem670/
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Holm Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Holm in the Georgian language
ჰოლმholm-

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