Holly is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Holly
No. of characters: 5
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Holly

How popular is Holly?

Holly is common in United States.

Holly is ranked 26930 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Holly bearers increased by 0.8807588 per cent in 2010 US census to 8934 since 2000, the surname slipped by 299 spots and ranked at 3979. The last name was found in around 30 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 66.33 68.13
Black 27.73 27.15
Hispanic or Latino 2.57 1.54
Others 1.95 1.71
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.88 0.98
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.54 0.5
Holly is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Slovakia is ahead in terms of density. Around 18871 people have been found who wears Holly as their family name. Holly is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
616,339 India10
15,185 Nigeria9
1,520 Marshall Islands4
13,901 Trinidad and Tobago3
26,321 Israel3
67,494 South Africa3
9,500 Ghana3
41,879 Turkey2
21,529 Singapore2
14,408 Uruguay2
6,462 Ivory Coast2
40,256 Mexico2
31,767 Greece2
13,552 Qatar2
3,014 Taiwan2
18,625 Japan2
28,083 Romania2
90,903 Moldova1
9,116 Nicaragua1
16,640 Hong Kong1
9,498 Iceland1
5,467 Haiti1
34,581 Chile1
37,779 Serbia1
7,941 Guatemala1
25,746 Finland1
12,741 Ecuador1
7,340 Democratic Republic of The Congo1
15,705 Cameroon1
30,360 Thailand1
28,746 Algeria1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
50,549 Georgia1
6,212 Jamaica1
1,421 Saint Lucia1
7,895 South Korea1
13,972 Sri Lanka1
77,122 Sweden1
16,073 Latvia1
11,831 Tajikistan1
66,560 Philippines1
12,745 Luxembourg1
2,361 United States Virgin Islands1
16,283 Lithuania1
29,774 Venezuela1
7,292 Vietnam1
12,270 Lebanon1
24,460 Armenia1
23,434 Burkina Faso1
48,575 Azerbaijan1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
89,397 Ukraine48
208,169 Indonesia32
1,506 China31
37,982 United Arab Emirates23
52,530 Belgium22
18,457 Scotland20
94,051 Kazakhstan19
86,938 Spain14
78,557 Netherlands13
72,915 Belarus11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
2,536 Northern Ireland83
9,394 New Zealand73
45,171 Tanzania73
104,075 Brazil64
17,456 Switzerland63
Countries with hundreds of Holly:
1,803 Austria550
7,797 Canada531
6,429 Australia449
17,922 Poland334
1,885 Ireland262
6,128 Hungary196
9,221 Czech Republic194
66,174 France147
3,094 Wales124
56,111 Italy123
106,224 Russia108
Countries with thousands of Holly:
197 Slovakia1,710
6,595 England1,059
9,745 Germany1,009
Countries with ten thousands of Holly:
3,509 United States11,398
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

John Holly was 24 years old when he migrated to USA during Irish famine on June 2, 1846. He lived in Ireland where he worked as farmer and took Washington from Liverpool. 25 years old Thomas Holly, Jane Holly (18) Maid, John Holly (25) Miller, 26 years old Denis Holly, 45 years old Thomas Holly, Mrs Holly, aged 45, Jane Holly, aged 22, William Holly (18) Immigrant, and 21 other Holly around 61.11% of whom were workman while others worked as servant and seamstress migrated to US.

Holly Namesakes

  • Gibson Holly, Film Art Director
  • Hardcore Holly, Professional wrestler
  • Ján Hollý, Poet
  • Alita Holly, Film director
  • Molly Holly, Professional wrestler
  • Paul Hollywood, Baker
  • Ash Hollywood, Pornographic actress
  • Marc Aurele Holly, Author
  • Marc Aurele Holly, Author
  • Buddy Holly, Musician
  • Nicole Holly portrayed the small character of Nicholson aka Jack in 2018 drama film The Madness of Tellaralette Seville.

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