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Holland

in the US

There are 82,879 people with the last name "Holland" in the United States.

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Ranking in the US

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Holland 262
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  1. is 258th most common Schneider
  2. is 259th most common Castro
  3. is 260th most common Herrera
  4. is 261st most common Bowman
  5. is 262nd most common Holland
  6. is 263rd most common Curtis
  7. is 264th most common Brewer
  8. is 265th most common Pearson
  9. is 266th most common Fields

Most Common First Names for Holland

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

Meaning & History

Irish: reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hÓileáin, a variant of Ó hAoláin, from a form of Faolán (with loss of the initial F-), a personal name representing a diminutive of faol ‘wolf’. Compare Whelan.

English and Scottish: habitational name from Holland, a division of Lincolnshire, or any of the eight villages in various parts of England so called, from Old English hōh ‘ridge’ + land ‘land’. The Scottish name may also be from places called Holland in Orkney, Houlland in Shetland, Hollandbush in Stirlingshire, and Holland-Hirst in the parish of Kirkintilloch.

English, German, Jewish (Ashkenazic), Danish, and Dutch: regional name from Holland, a province of the Netherlands.

FOREBEARS This is the name of an important English landowning family, traceable to Upholland in Lancashire in the 13th century. The surname is particularly common in southern Lancashire.

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