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The Holder surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 33,465 people carried this name — #1,040 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 8,820 people counted. That is up 3% from 32,466 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 249 people named Holder.

13 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 21 départements, most often Haut-Rhin.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 13
Haut-Rhin 131
Bas-Rhin 29
Moselle 16
Meurthe-et-Moselle 10
French Guiana 6
Paris 6
Maine-et-Loire 5
Ille-et-Vilaine 5

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

127 people named Holder live in Switzerland.

They live in 11 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Zurich 69
Basel-Landschaft 11
Aargau 8
St. Gallen 8
Basel-Stadt 7
Bern 5
Thurgau 5
Vaud 4

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 39 people named Holder live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 25
City of Buenos Aires 14

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In the Nordic population registers

23 people named Holder is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 23

Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).

Who carried it

People named Holder,
with a public archive behind them.

  • William Holder d. 1941 · rugby union player
  • Laurence George Holder d. 1974
  • Kathleen Isabel Holder d. 1960
  • Ashley Holder d. 1855
  • Catherine Harrison Baker d. 1994
  • Charles Holder d. 1866

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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Surnames next to Holder.

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