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Holmes

in Michigan

There are 4,526 people with the last name "Holmes" in Michigan.

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Holmes 120
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  1. is 116th most common Wallace
  2. is 117th most common Richards
  3. is 118th most common Rice
  4. is 119th most common Mason
  5. is 120th most common Holmes
  6. is 121st most common Ellis
  7. is 122nd most common Carlson
  8. is 123rd most common Hunter
  9. is 124th most common Gardner

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Holmes

Robert, John, William, James, Michael, David, Mary, Richard, Thomas, Kenneth

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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