Holiday is used as a family name or surname in Ireland, Scotland. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Holiday
No. of characters: 7
Origin: Ireland, Scotland
Meaning:

Holiday is the variant of Holliday. See Halliday - 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 andpeople of Annandale, when ever they made a raid or foray upon the Saxon border, accounted the day spent in rapine and slaughter a holy one. 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 Edward III. and Hen. V. The Hallidays of the western counties descend from Walter Halliday, called the Minstrel, who was master of the revels to KingEdward IV., and acquired lands at Rodborough, county of Gloucester. B.L.G.

Surname is a form of Halliday. 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 andpeople of Annandale, when ever they made a raid or foray upon the Saxon border, accounted the day spent in rapine and slaughter a holy one. 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 Edward III. and Hen. V. The Hallidays of the western counties descend from Walter Halliday, called the Minstrel, who was master of the revels to KingEdward IV., and acquired lands at Rodborough, county of Gloucester. B.L.G.

Is the variant of Holliday. Descendant of Halliday or Haliday, name given to one born on Sunday or other holy day.

Holiday is variation of Halliday. Descendant of Halliday, a name sometimes given to a child born on a Sunday or other holy day.

Descendant of Halliday or Haliday, name given to one born on Sunday or other holy day.

Holiday is a variation of the Halliday. Holy day. A name derived from their slogan, "A holy day, a holy day;" thos border family probably viewing the contest with their old enemies of England in the light of a Holy war.

How popular is Holiday?

Holiday is common in United States, England, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, South Africa, Saudi Arabia, Nigeria, India, Egypt.

Holiday is ranked 47802 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Holiday bearers increased by 6.01 per cent in 2010 US census to 6881 since 2000, the surname slipped by 121 spots and ranked at 5089. The last name was found in around 2 per hundred thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Black 49.47 48.56
White 36.13 39.72
American Indian and Alaska Native 8.98 8.37
Others 2.91 1.79
Hispanic or Latino 2.02 1.25
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.49 0.32
Holiday is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Saint Martin is ahead in terms of density. Around 10814 people have been found who wears Holiday as their family name. Holiday is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Holiday:
5,639 United States7,818
Countries with hundreds of Holiday:
10,260 England577
9,758 Bangladesh451
6,293 Sri Lanka365
21,210 South Africa275
17,726 Saudi Arabia239
42,496 Nigeria176
120,006 India164
38,342 Egypt122
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
34,448 Canada95
27,634 Australia84
118,960 Indonesia71
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
10,086 Portugal38
20,323 United Arab Emirates30
11,611 Singapore21
100,309 Italy19
375,884 Thailand13
73,030 Netherlands13
213,815 Germany13
74 Saint Martin12
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
111,742 Malaysia10
7,200 China10
350,626 Brazil10
10,069 Nepal9
54,497 Morocco9
4,903 Angola9
33,029 New Zealand9
23,443 Scotland8
19,671 Wales8
97,842 Czechia7
47,869 Japan7
52,907 Kenya6
53,861 Mexico6
249,062 Philippines6
349,096 France6
37,744 Bulgaria6
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Holiday Namesakes

  • Henry Holiday, English historical genre and landscape painter
  • Clarence Holiday, American musician
  • Philip Holiday, former professional world boxing champion
  • Billie Holiday, American jazz singer with a career spanning nearly thirty years
  • Fredrick William Holiday, English journalist, angler
  • Her Space Holiday, recording moniker of indietronic and indie rock artist Marc Bianchi
  • Bob Holiday, American actor best known for playing Superman
  • Carlyle Holiday, former American football wide receiver
  • Johnny Holiday, American actor
  • Hope Holiday, American actress
  • J. Holiday, American singer, songwriter, rapper and actor
  • Grey Holiday, four-member American Christian rock band

Holiday Namesakes

  • Henry Holiday, English historical genre and landscape painter
  • Clarence Holiday, American musician
  • Philip Holiday, former professional world boxing champion
  • Billie Holiday, American jazz singer with a career spanning nearly thirty years
  • Fredrick William Holiday, English journalist, angler
  • Her Space Holiday, recording moniker of indietronic and indie rock artist Marc Bianchi
  • Bob Holiday, American actor best known for playing Superman
  • Carlyle Holiday, former American football wide receiver
  • Johnny Holiday, American actor
  • Hope Holiday, American actress
  • J. Holiday, American singer, songwriter, rapper and actor
  • Grey Holiday, four-member American Christian rock band

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