Holem is used as a family name or surname in England. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Holem
No. of characters: 5
Origin: England
Meaning:

Holem is a variant of Oldham. One who came from Oldham, i.e., old island, in Lancashire.

Variant of the Odom. One who came from Odeham meaning "Ode's homestead," in Devonshire; descendant of Adam, this being the Hebrew pronunciation of Adam; the son-in-law.

A variant of Odam. An estate in Lambourne, county of Berks, bestowed on the family, it is supposed, by Bourchier, Baron Fitzwarine, to whom they would appear, from armorial evidence, to have been related Odam or, as it is sometimes written, Odehan, is synonymous with Woodhamn.

Holem is the variation of the Oldham. A town in Lancashire. The name is sometimes pluralized to Oldhams.

Holem is the variant form of the Oldman. May be equivalent to senex, but is more likely a corruption of Holman.

How popular is Holem?

As per 2010 US census, number of Holems plummeted by 1.57 per cent to 125 since 2000 and slipped by 9840 spots and ranked at 134712. The last name was found in merely 4 per ten million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 92 90.55

Immigrants to US

From Germany

33 years old laborer H. Holem who was residing in Prussia migrated to Detroit on October 9, 1884 by Polynesia put out from Hamburg.

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