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Holmes

in Pennsylvania

There are 3,858 people with the last name "Holmes" in Pennsylvania.

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Holmes 186
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  1. is 182nd most common Wolf
  2. is 183rd most common Walter
  3. is 184th most common Ellis
  4. is 185th most common Landis
  5. is 186th most common Holmes
  6. is 187th most common Mason
  7. is 188th most common Kelley
  8. is 189th most common Freeman
  9. is 190th most common Sanders

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Holmes

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

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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