Holmes Surname
Approximately 318,407 people bear this surname
Holmes 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.
Read More About This SurnameHolmes Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 191,686 | 1:1,891 | 168 |
| England | 62,849 | 1:887 | 84 |
| Australia | 21,654 | 1:1,247 | 123 |
| Canada | 15,849 | 1:2,325 | 263 |
| South Africa | 4,754 | 1:11,396 | 1,426 |
| New Zealand | 3,132 | 1:1,446 | 170 |
| Northern Ireland | 2,901 | 1:636 | 98 |
| Scotland | 2,855 | 1:1,875 | 345 |
| Ireland | 2,412 | 1:1,952 | 375 |
| Wales | 2,077 | 1:1,490 | 140 |
| Liberia | 787 | 1:5,602 | 673 |
| Jamaica | 784 | 1:3,661 | 524 |
| Thailand | 778 | 1:90,795 | 12,696 |
| Ecuador | 463 | 1:34,354 | 3,962 |
| Saudi Arabia | 398 | 1:77,527 | 10,981 |
| France | 388 | 1:171,193 | 26,633 |
| Spain | 352 | 1:132,818 | 10,077 |
| Germany | 307 | 1:262,233 | 28,064 |
| Fiji | 189 | 1:4,732 | 899 |
| Zimbabwe | 168 | 1:91,894 | 13,153 |
| Brazil | 147 | 1:1,456,288 | 48,949 |
| Netherlands | 145 | 1:116,463 | 18,437 |
| Philippines | 134 | 1:755,509 | 74,327 |
| Portugal | 132 | 1:78,926 | 3,983 |
| Barbados | 121 | 1:2,376 | 409 |
| Panama | 117 | 1:33,438 | 1,894 |
| Nigeria | 115 | 1:1,540,372 | 58,295 |
| Bahamas | 113 | 1:3,467 | 416 |
| Indonesia | 109 | 1:1,213,295 | 85,606 |
| Dominican Republic | 100 | 1:104,329 | 4,466 |
| Oman | 100 | 1:36,880 | 2,528 |
| Denmark | 93 | 1:60,696 | 6,147 |
| Nicaragua | 91 | 1:66,166 | 1,597 |
| Singapore | 90 | 1:61,197 | 2,397 |
| Bahrain | 88 | 1:15,325 | 3,085 |
| Japan | 88 | 1:1,452,776 | 24,051 |
| Jersey | 88 | 1:1,127 | 149 |
| Guyana | 87 | 1:8,761 | 1,376 |
| Mexico | 85 | 1:1,460,308 | 15,990 |
| Chile | 80 | 1:220,206 | 6,842 |
| Sweden | 74 | 1:133,064 | 9,401 |
| Guernsey | 73 | 1:883 | 146 |
| Isle of Man | 73 | 1:1,176 | 186 |
| Switzerland | 73 | 1:112,506 | 11,658 |
| India | 61 | 1:12,574,842 | 222,490 |
| Norway | 55 | 1:93,496 | 12,846 |
| Argentina | 52 | 1:821,989 | 54,134 |
| China | 49 | 1:27,904,522 | 1,516 |
| Belgium | 47 | 1:244,609 | 30,321 |
| Malaysia | 47 | 1:627,537 | 30,158 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 44 | 1:30,999 | 3,171 |
| Iran | 42 | 1:1,828,155 | 67,506 |
| Papua New Guinea | 39 | 1:209,070 | 28,870 |
| Brunei | 38 | 1:11,019 | 1,313 |
| Gibraltar | 38 | 1:894 | 185 |
| Zambia | 37 | 1:428,376 | 20,573 |
| Botswana | 33 | 1:66,271 | 11,607 |
| Israel | 31 | 1:276,053 | 24,632 |
| Czechia | 30 | 1:354,449 | 42,602 |
| Malta | 30 | 1:14,342 | 837 |
| Kuwait | 29 | 1:131,058 | 14,967 |
| Costa Rica | 28 | 1:170,717 | 2,334 |
| Iraq | 26 | 1:1,346,987 | 15,017 |
| Namibia | 26 | 1:92,669 | 8,353 |
| Honduras | 25 | 1:352,658 | 2,892 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 24 | 1:4,599 | 723 |
| Hong Kong | 20 | 1:366,774 | 3,169 |
| Bermuda | 19 | 1:3,436 | 515 |
| Austria | 18 | 1:473,080 | 46,251 |
| Italy | 18 | 1:3,397,594 | 101,426 |
| Egypt | 17 | 1:5,407,986 | 48,093 |
| Greece | 17 | 1:651,752 | 73,285 |
| Cyprus | 14 | 1:63,205 | 6,078 |
| Sri Lanka | 14 | 1:1,486,326 | 9,158 |
| Venezuela | 14 | 1:2,157,434 | 25,468 |
| Belize | 13 | 1:27,344 | 2,013 |
| Guam | 12 | 1:13,343 | 2,098 |
| United Arab Emirates | 11 | 1:832,934 | 27,512 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Hungary | 8 | 1:1,227,035 | 53,030 |
| South Korea | 8 | 1:6,405,032 | 1,091 |
| Poland | 7 | 1:5,429,821 | 146,768 |
| Ghana | 6 | 1:4,503,449 | 15,363 |
| Uganda | 6 | 1:6,506,546 | 123,710 |
| Vietnam | 6 | 1:15,441,009 | 3,090 |
| Afghanistan | 5 | 1:6,430,637 | 27,710 |
| Bangladesh | 5 | 1:31,871,355 | 17,304 |
| Cameroon | 5 | 1:4,153,814 | 129,697 |
| Cook Islands | 5 | 1:3,636 | 866 |
| Finland | 5 | 1:1,099,340 | 45,512 |
| Georgia | 5 | 1:749,109 | 21,598 |
| Grenada | 5 | 1:21,707 | 1,054 |
| Turkey | 5 | 1:15,564,284 | 149,633 |
| Azerbaijan | 4 | 1:2,412,280 | 25,948 |
| Colombia | 4 | 1:11,943,518 | 26,735 |
| Luxembourg | 4 | 1:145,136 | 6,519 |
| Mauritius | 4 | 1:323,354 | 10,053 |
| Mozambique | 4 | 1:6,815,392 | 4,272 |
| Samoa | 4 | 1:48,452 | 659 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Cambodia | 3 | 1:5,162,382 | 10,688 |
| Dominica | 3 | 1:25,297 | 621 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| Slovakia | 3 | 1:1,778,817 | 104,392 |
| Albania | 2 | 1:1,457,028 | 24,967 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 1:3,489,452 | 64,958 |
| El Salvador | 2 | 1:3,171,944 | 6,376 |
| Ethiopia | 2 | 1:48,773,131 | 29,601 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Solomon Islands | 2 | 1:290,014 | 19,875 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| American Samoa | 1 | 1:55,758 | 3,072 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 1 | 1:99,171 | 2,137 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 1 | 1:1,728,021 | 323 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Seychelles | 1 | 1:92,393 | 1,532 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Tonga | 1 | 1:107,313 | 791 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 1:263,276 | 2,086 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 2,502 | 1:1,771 | 343 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 34,893 | 1:699 | 71 |
| Scotland | 1,110 | 1:3,372 | 560 |
| Wales | 486 | 1:3,227 | 217 |
| Isle of Man | 31 | 1:1,751 | 233 |
| Jersey | 29 | 1:1,789 | 301 |
| Guernsey | 8 | 1:4,082 | 713 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 36,958 | 1:1,359 | 132 |
The alternate forms: Hölmes (3) are calculated separately.
Holmes (6,332) may also be a first name.
Holmes 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.
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).
Pl., and genit., of Holm(e q.v.
One of the two (or more) Lancashire places called Holmes is Holmes in A.D. 1212 and Le Holmes in A.D. 1283.
The English name Holmes is not common in Ireland. The Scottish Holmes, which is found in considerable numbers in all the provinces, especially Ulster, can, like Thompson, be equated with several combinations of Mac and the Christian name Thomas, e.g. Mac Thomáis, which is also anglicized MacCombs. In north Connacht Holmes has been used synonymously with Cavish (MacAvish)
(English) Dweller at, or near, the holly tree, or on a river island, or on, or near, a hill; dweller on a piece of dry land in a fen.
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.'
William du Holme, Norm. 1180-95; William de Homes 1198 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae). In England it included probably Norman and other families.
(English), Hollies, Island in a river, Flat land, Meadow surrounded by water.
A location name in Lancashire Or from the German, Holm; from the Flemish, Holms; in the Domesday Book, Holmo; personal name From from the Old Norse, Holm, an islet in a lake or river.
Holmes: is not always descriptive of one living on a low island, but comes from La Houlme in Seine-Inférieure.
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.
User-submitted Reference
This surname has toponymic roots. According to some studies it came from the Homem River or possibly from between the Homem River and the Cávado River region.
It's certain that it is a branch of the Pereiras lineage, which came from the Casa de Trastâmara, where came Dom Rodrigo Forjaz de Trastâmara, married to Dona Urraca Rodrigues de Castro and, because of some events, military achievements and after receiving a Real Order, started to use the Homem surname.
It is therefore an antique family, as for using the homem term as for the fact that it came form the Pereira, one of the most antique Portugal family.
- luluk111Holmes Demographics
Average Male Holmes Height
177.02 cm
Average Female Holmes Height
163 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Holmes Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Holmes Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Holmes (Bengali: হোমস) is found most in The United States. It can be found as: Hölmes. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Holmes? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,725th most commonly held surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 22,888 people. This last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 57 percent of Holmes are found; 56 percent are found in North America and 56 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Holmes is also the 82,794th most prevalent first name world-wide It is held by 6,332 people.
This last name is most common in The United States, where it is borne by 191,686 people, or 1 in 1,891. In The United States it is most common in: Texas, where 9 percent are found, California, where 8 percent are found and Florida, where 6 percent are found. Beside The United States Holmes is found in 147 countries. It is also found in England, where 20 percent are found and Australia, where 7 percent are found.
Holmes Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Holmes has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Holmes surname rose 519 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 180 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 257 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it contracted 4 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Wales it rose 427 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Holmes Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is predominantly Catholic (38%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Holmes surname are 6.94% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 53.71% being registered with the political party.
The amount Holmes earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 27.63% more than the national average, earning 441,700 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 38% more than the national average, earning R 327,936 per year; in Colombia they earn 112.17% more than the national average, earning $48,166,800 COP per year; in United States they earn 5.93% less than the national average, earning $40,590 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.63% more than the national average, earning $51,488 CAD per year.
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Holmes Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Holmes in the Bengali language | ||
| হোমস | homasa | - |
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