Holwell is used as a family name or surname in many languages. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Holwell
No. of characters: 7
Origin: Unknown
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Holwell

How popular is Holwell?

Holwell is ranked 297834 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Holwells plummeted by 0.9302326 per cent to 213 since 2000 and slipped by 5635 spots and ranked at 87335. The last name was found in around 1 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 92.96 91.16
Hispanic or Latino 3.29 6.05
Holwell is not so popular last name but still a prevalent surname concentrated mainly in Canada which may be its originating country too. Around 1005 people have been found who wears Holwell as their family name. Holwell have bearers in many countries around the world. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
37,493 Austria1
18,969 Wales1
810,193 Indonesia1
277,603 France1
6,212 Jamaica1
153,416 Italy1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
17,920 New Zealand28
18,457 Scotland20
Countries with hundreds of Holwell:
10,034 Canada394
91,519 United States252
25,613 England188
21,301 Australia117

Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 10 years old sewer Anne Holwell who was residing in Ireland migrated to USA on March 20, 1850 by Wm. H. Harbeck put out from Liverpool. Cyrus Holwell (21) Mechanic, James Holwell, aged 16, A. Holwell (35) Immigrant, Jane Holwell (30), J. Holwell, aged 7, Mary Holwell (4), Francis Holwell, are other Holwell that migrated to US from London, Galway and Liverpool.

Holwell Namesakes

  • Richard J. Holwell, Judge
  • John Holwell, Astrologer
  • William Holwell, Writer
  • John Holwell, Astrologer
  • Richard J. Holwell, Judge

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