as a Last Name
- 96,278
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Holt
Meaning & Origins
English, North German, Danish, and Norwegian: topographic name for someone who lived in or by a small wood, Middle English, Middle Low German, Danish, Norwegian holt, or a habitational name from one of the very many places named with this word. In England the surname is widely distributed, but rather more common in Lancashire than elsewhere.
| 315th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 96,278
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Tennessee
- has the most people named Holt per capita
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