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

Family Name / Last Name: Holland
No. of characters: 7
Origin: Ireland, England
Meaning:

Variant of Hollond. A variation of Holland.

It has been stated on the authority of George of Croyland, who wrote an account of the family in 1550, that the noble and knightly race of this name could trace themselves backwards thirteen generations beyond the Norman Conquest! For 13, we should probably read 3; and there is a more credible genealogy which makes the fundator gentis one Otho, whose son Stephen flourished uncler Edward the Confessor, as lord of Stevington, county of Lincoln, and his son, Ralph de Holand, it is said, continued to hold his lands by the permission of William the Conqueror. These lands were in the district of Lincolnshire still known as Holland, but there is also a Holland in Lancashire which belonged to the family. They were ennobled by Edward I., and their blood mingled with that of royalty itself by the marriage of Thomas de Holland with the lovely Joane Plantagenet, the Fair Maid of Kent, and grand-daughter of King Edward III.

Lastname Holland is variant of the Hollander. The Hollander. The Dutch name Holland first appears in the year 1054; and in 1083, Count Dirk V. is styled "Comes Hollandensium." The latest authorities consider that the names were given to Holland and Zealand by the Danes, after the places so called in their own fatherland.

One who came from the Netherlands; dweller on the low land; one who came from Holland, i.e., land on, or by, a projecting ridge of land,the name of several places in England.

Hollow or flat land, or woody or holly land.

How popular is Holland?

Despite the fact that the number of Holland bearers increased by 2.66 per cent in 2010 US census to 102538 since 2000, the surname slipped by 29 spots and ranked at 305. The last name was found in around 3 per ten thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 76.77 78.86
Black 17.67 17.23
Hispanic or Latino 2.37 1.46
Others 2.16 1.54
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.57 0.55
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.46 0.36

Immigrants to US

From Germany

Anna Holland from Tentwich, Prussia aboard the Sir Isaac Newton from Hamburg on October 6, 1852. She is registered to be 13 years old when she arrived in Albany. Farmer Christian Holland, Marie Holland, aged 25, 19 years old John-Georg. Holland, Joh.De. Holland (38) Farmer, 29 years old Catharina Holland, Carpenter G.-M. Holland, Margr. Holland (24), 30 years old Friedrich Holland, and 138 other Holland majority of whom were farmer and others worked as laborer and servant, merchant, cigar maker, painter, spinster, joiner, daughter migrated to US.

Holland Namesakes

  • John Philip Holland, Irish-American engineer
  • Henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland, English courtier, peer and soldier
  • William II of Holland, Count of Holland and Zeeland
  • Adelaide of Holland, Dutch regent
  • John II, Count of Holland, was Count of Hainaut, Holland, and Zeeland
  • Floris III, Count of Holland, Count of Holland from 1157 to 1190
  • Betty Lou Holland, American actress
  • Josiah Gilbert Holland,
  • Floris II, Count of Holland, first
  • Richard Holland, Scottish cleric and poet
  • John Campbell, 1st Earl of Breadalbane and Holland, member of Scottish nobility during the Glorious Revolution and Jacobite risings and also known as "Slippery John"
  • John Campbell, 3rd Earl of Breadalbane and Holland, Scottish nobleman, diplomat and politician
  • William I, Count of Holland, Count of Holland from 1203 to 1222
  • Isabelle Holland, American author of fiction for children and adults
  • Merlin Holland, biographer, editor
  • Dirk VI, Count of Holland,
  • Dirk VII, Count of Holland, in English
  • Floris IV, Count of Holland, Count of Holland from 1222 to 1234
  • Dirk IV, Count of Holland, was Count of Holland from 1039 to 1049
  • Dirk III, Count of Holland, was Count of Holland from 993 to 27 May 1039
  • Floris I, Count of Holland, Netherlands was Count of Holland
  • William Jacob Holland, eighth Chancellor of the University of Pittsburgh and Director of the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh
  • Catherina van Holland, bastard child of Floris V, Count of Holland
  • John C. Holland, was one of the longest-serving Los Angeles City Council members
  • W. S. Holland, drummer who played with Carl Perkins
  • Ron Holland, yacht designer,
  • Mary Holland, Irish journalist
  • Edmund Milton Holland, American comedian,
  • Gill Holland, John Gill Holland, Jr
  • Philip Holland, British Conservative Party politician
  • Fern Holland, American lawyer
  • George Holland, English American stage actor, born in London
  • Henry Fox, 4th Baron Holland,
  • Stephen Fox, 2nd Baron Holland, British peer
  • Max Holland, American journalist, author
  • Dirk I, Count of Holland, was Count of Holland
  • John Campbell, 2nd Earl of Breadalbane and Holland, a Scottish nobleman
  • Glenn Holland, developer from Arcadia, California
  • Darryll Holland, United Kingdom flat racing jockey
  • Francis James Holland, Canon in the Church of England
  • Eric Holland, New Zealand politician
  • John Robert Holland, American lawyer
  • Ashlee Holland, American actress, dancer, model
  • John Henry Holland, American scientist and Professor of psychology and Professor of electrical engineering and computer science at the University of Michigan
  • Henry Scott Holland, was Regius Professor of Divinity at the University of Oxford
  • Wau Holland, German computer security activist and journalist
  • Caroline Fox, 1st Baroness Holland, eldest of the Lennox Sisters
  • Dexter Holland, Holland attended Pacifica High School
  • Jools Holland, English pianist, bandleader, singer
  • Floris V, Count of Holland, reigned as Count of Holland and Zeeland
  • Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland, leading British politician
  • Sidney Holland, New Zealand politician

Holland Namesakes

  • John Philip Holland, Irish-American engineer
  • Henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland, English courtier, peer and soldier
  • William II of Holland, Count of Holland and Zeeland
  • Adelaide of Holland, Dutch regent
  • John II, Count of Holland, was Count of Hainaut, Holland, and Zeeland
  • Floris III, Count of Holland, Count of Holland from 1157 to 1190
  • Betty Lou Holland, American actress
  • Josiah Gilbert Holland,
  • Floris II, Count of Holland, first
  • Richard Holland, Scottish cleric and poet
  • John Campbell, 1st Earl of Breadalbane and Holland, member of Scottish nobility during the Glorious Revolution and Jacobite risings and also known as "Slippery John"
  • John Campbell, 3rd Earl of Breadalbane and Holland, Scottish nobleman, diplomat and politician
  • William I, Count of Holland, Count of Holland from 1203 to 1222
  • Isabelle Holland, American author of fiction for children and adults
  • Merlin Holland, biographer, editor
  • Dirk VI, Count of Holland,
  • Dirk VII, Count of Holland, in English
  • Floris IV, Count of Holland, Count of Holland from 1222 to 1234
  • Dirk IV, Count of Holland, was Count of Holland from 1039 to 1049
  • Dirk III, Count of Holland, was Count of Holland from 993 to 27 May 1039
  • Floris I, Count of Holland, Netherlands was Count of Holland
  • William Jacob Holland, eighth Chancellor of the University of Pittsburgh and Director of the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh
  • Catherina van Holland, bastard child of Floris V, Count of Holland
  • John C. Holland, was one of the longest-serving Los Angeles City Council members
  • W. S. Holland, drummer who played with Carl Perkins
  • Ron Holland, yacht designer,
  • Mary Holland, Irish journalist
  • Edmund Milton Holland, American comedian,
  • Gill Holland, John Gill Holland, Jr
  • Philip Holland, British Conservative Party politician
  • Fern Holland, American lawyer
  • George Holland, English American stage actor, born in London
  • Henry Fox, 4th Baron Holland,
  • Stephen Fox, 2nd Baron Holland, British peer
  • Max Holland, American journalist, author
  • Dirk I, Count of Holland, was Count of Holland
  • John Campbell, 2nd Earl of Breadalbane and Holland, a Scottish nobleman
  • Glenn Holland, developer from Arcadia, California
  • Darryll Holland, United Kingdom flat racing jockey
  • Francis James Holland, Canon in the Church of England
  • Eric Holland, New Zealand politician
  • John Robert Holland, American lawyer
  • Ashlee Holland, American actress, dancer, model
  • John Henry Holland, American scientist and Professor of psychology and Professor of electrical engineering and computer science at the University of Michigan
  • Henry Scott Holland, was Regius Professor of Divinity at the University of Oxford
  • Wau Holland, German computer security activist and journalist
  • Caroline Fox, 1st Baroness Holland, eldest of the Lennox Sisters
  • Dexter Holland, Holland attended Pacifica High School
  • Jools Holland, English pianist, bandleader, singer
  • Floris V, Count of Holland, reigned as Count of Holland and Zeeland
  • Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland, leading British politician
  • Sidney Holland, New Zealand politician

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