Hold is used as a family name or surname in many languages. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Hold
No. of characters: 4
Origin: Unknown
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Hold

How popular is Hold?

Hold is ranked 123632 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Hold bearers increased by 1.401869 per cent in 2010 US census to 434 since 2000, the surname slipped by 1870 spots and ranked at 48628. The last name was found in around 2 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 88.71 88.08
Black 4.61 6.54
Hispanic or Latino 4.38 2.1
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.15 0
Hold is not so popular last name but still a prevalent surname concentrated mainly in Austria which may be its originating country too. Around 3225 people have been found who wears Hold as their family name. Hold is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
38,459 New Zealand7
14,054 China3
9,097 Wales3
78,945 Argentina3
10,686 Costa Rica3
20,541 Peru3
40,064 Nigeria2
21,529 Singapore2
14,004 Hungary2
219,873 France2
91,024 Belgium1
134,667 Zimbabwe1
174,544 Czech Republic1
151,601 Spain1
7,292 Vietnam1
83,428 United Arab Emirates1
799 British Virgin Islands1
16,228 Bulgaria1
10,683 Cyprus1
2,715 Gabon1
38,830 Morocco1
47,891 Norway1
17,768 Pakistan1
9,591 Panama1
66,560 Philippines1
21,562 Portugal1
36,814 Romania1
56,169 Mexico1
4,435 Togo1
2,190 Barbados1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
95,259 Italy45
75,883 Canada37
57,220 Netherlands27
18,457 Scotland20
587,188 India11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
49,486 South Africa91
7,609 Denmark79
104,075 Brazil64
Countries with hundreds of Hold:
1,069 Austria812
14,537 Germany706
48,239 United States555
16,926 England328
5,798 Switzerland207
14,049 Australia193
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Samuel Hold worked as workman and hailed from Great Britain. During the great famine, 30 years old embarked for USA from Waterford on Ann Kenny and arrived on January 17, 1851.

Hold Namesakes

  • Eric Holder, Former Attorney General of the United States
  • Thomas Holdich, Author
  • Eric Holder, Former Attorney General of the United States
  • Geoffrey Holder, Actor
  • Mark Holden, Singer
  • Albrecht Holder, Musical Artist
  • Boscoe Holder, Painter
  • Alene Holdahl, Artist
  • Amanda Holden, Actress
  • Alexandra Holden, Film actress
  • David Hold characterized small role of Tokie in 2019 comedy film Smoke N Love.

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