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Holmes

in Louisiana

There are 3,253 people with the last name "Holmes" in Louisiana.

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Ranking in Louisiana

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Holmes 109
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  1. is 105th most common Franklin
  2. is 106th most common Hayes
  3. is 107th most common Melancon
  4. is 108th most common Ross
  5. is 109th most common Holmes
  6. is 110th most common Bryant
  7. is 111th most common Wallace
  8. is 112th most common Hamilton
  9. is 113th most common Willis

Similar Names and Nicknames

Holman, Holm, Helms, Holmberg, Holmquist, Holmgren, Helmick, Holmstrom, Holmen, Holmer

Most Common First Names for Holmes

John, James, Michael, Mary, Willie, Charles, Robert, William, Joseph, Patricia

Meaning & History

English (chiefly central and northern England): variant of Holme.

Scottish: probably a habitational name from Holmes near Dundonald, or from a place so called in the barony of Inchestuir.

Scottish and Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Thomáis, Mac Thómais (see McComb). In part of western Ireland, Holmes is a variant of Cavish (from Gaelic Mac Thámhais, another patronymic from Thomas).

FOREBEARS John Holmes came from England to Woodstock, CT, in 1686. His descendants include the Congregational clergyman and historian Abiel Holmes, born 1763 in Woodstock, and Abiel's son Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809–94).

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