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Holmes

in North Carolina

There are 4,267 people with the last name "Holmes" in North Carolina.

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Ranking in North Carolina

NameRank
Holmes 191
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  1. is 187th most common Caldwell
  2. is 188th most common Perez
  3. is 189th most common Leonard
  4. is 190th most common Reed
  5. is 191st most common Holmes
  6. is 192nd most common Shelton
  7. is 193rd most common Boone
  8. is 194th most common Grant
  9. is 195th most common Rhodes

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Holmes

James, Robert, John, William, Mary, Thomas, Michael, Charles, David, George

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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