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Holmes

in the US

There are 117,344 people with the last name "Holmes" in the United States.

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Ranking in the US

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Holmes 161
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  1. is 157th most common Warren
  2. is 158th most common Schmidt
  3. is 159th most common Boyd
  4. is 160th most common Patel
  5. is 161st most common Holmes
  6. is 162nd most common Gutierrez
  7. is 163rd most common Nichols
  8. is 164th most common Kelley
  9. is 165th most common Stephens

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Holmes

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

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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