Holloway is used as a family name or surname in England. It is 8 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Holloway
No. of characters: 8
Origin: England
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Holloway

How popular is Holloway?

Holloway is common in England.

Holloway is ranked 5733 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Holloway bearers increased by 4.640681 per cent in 2010 US census to 58040 since 2000, the surname slipped by 36 spots and ranked at 576. The last name was found in around 197 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 58.27 60.73
Black 36.07 35.27
Others 2.53 1.84
Hispanic or Latino 2.12 1.3
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.61 0.54
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander
0.4 0.31
Holloway is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Norfolk Island is ahead in terms of density. Around 95390 people have been found who wears Holloway as their family name. Holloway is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
932 Bermuda9
6,296 Guyana9
20,441 Georgia8
6,072 China7
4,786 Oman6
1,377 South Korea6
95,557 Czech Republic6
918,840 India5
46,004 Philippines5
7,240 Kuwait4
11,480 Japan4
10,686 Costa Rica3
13,481 Qatar3
108,034 Italy3
7,299 Estonia2
1,472 The Bahamas2
24,269 Peru2
1,313 United States Virgin Islands2
5,217 Zambia2
17,547 Colombia2
698 Antigua and Barbuda2
95,312 Argentina2
5,318 Iraq2
12,844 Pakistan2
14,521 Portugal2
34,681 Norway2
1,333 Guam2
12,172 Ghana2
2,309 Monaco1
16,228 Bulgaria1
317 Norfolk Island1
49,529 Israel1
10,958 Bangladesh1
2,935 Madagascar1
480 Micronesia1
1,542 Andorra1
2,040 Mali1
537 Liechtenstein1
2,078 Lesotho1
12,270 Lebanon1
199,150 Kazakhstan1
318 Montserrat1
810,193 Indonesia1
42,479 Greece1
4,435 Togo1
53,505 Turkey1
28,365 Kenya1
4,999 Papua New Guinea1
32,942 Uzbekistan1
29,774 Venezuela1
2,877 Cuba1
9,591 Panama1
24,460 Armenia1
48,575 Azerbaijan1
624 Solomon Islands1
3,275 Nepal1
3,071 Jersey1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
41,360 Netherlands49
672 Barbados47
33,012 Belgium45
2,337 Cyprus43
3,380 Trinidad and Tobago40
26,164 Sweden36
269,016 Russia29
20,233 Denmark25
416 Guernsey24
90,019 Germany23
46,826 Zimbabwe22
699 Isle of Man21
3,830 Luxembourg20
5,663 Thailand18
52,744 United Arab Emirates16
9,173 Nigeria16
1,286 Malta16
186,451 Ukraine16
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
2,423 Jamaica89
5,773 Singapore53
Countries with hundreds of Holloway:
399 Wales880
887 New Zealand791
1,155 Scotland683
5,583 Malaysia379
13,215 Mexico314
37,175 France269
1,467 Namibia244
6,872 Austria183
56,243 Brazil175
1,576 Northern Ireland167
6,110 Chile162
19,170 Spain159
1,581 Hong Kong154
9,314 Switzerland126
3,534 Ireland109
Countries with thousands of Holloway:
1,374 South Africa4,876
714 Australia4,239
1,537 Canada3,359
Countries with ten thousands of Holloway:
550 United States63,281
478 England14,057
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 22 years old maid Jane Holloway who was residing in Ireland migrated to New-York on November 6, 1848 by Rappahannock put out from Liverpool. Sarah Holloway (21) Immigrant, 22 years old James Holloway, 34 years old James Holloway, Ann Holloway (30) Immigrant, William Holloway (6), John Holloway (4), Born at sea Mary Holloway, 27 years old Margt. Holloway, and 2 other Holloway around 80% of whom were workman migrated to US from London, Liverpool and Dublin.

Holloway Namesakes

    Jerome-Max Holloway, American mixed martial arts fighter
  • Ailsa Holloway, Author
  • Alaric Holloway, Film director
  • Alden Holloway, Musician
  • Alison Holloway, Journalist
  • Aaron Holloway, Soccer player
  • Clyde C. Holloway, American Politician
  • Clyde C. Holloway, American Politician
  • Anthea Holloway, Actor
  • Anthea Holloway, Actor
  • Sterling Holloway, Actor
  • Jacqueline Holloway, from 2012 comedy film Sammy's Suicidal Tendencies, who characterized Jenny.
  • Laura Holloway, from 2012 drama flick The Famous Joe Project, who portrayed the Sarah.

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