The Hole surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,794 people carried this name — #16,130 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 163,900 people counted. That is down 10% from 1,986 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 89 people named Hole.
2 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 11 départements, most often Manche.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In the Nordic population registers
1,962 people named Hole are counted in Norway and Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Norway publishes only surnames with 200 or more bearers.
Counted, by country
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) · Statistics Norway (SSB, ssb.no), table 12891, 2025 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Hole,
with a public archive behind them.
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Richard Brassey Hole d. 1849 · physician
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Christopher Hole d. 1570 · politician
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Ada Mary Blathwayt d. 1929
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Harriet Hole d. 1856
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Elizabeth Hole d. 1889
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Berete Torsteinsdatter Hole d. 1722
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Hole.
- Hohmann 1,666 · U.S. census
- Hohn 2,733 · U.S. census
- Hoin 107 · U.S. census
- Holbein 394 · U.S. census
- Holder 33,465 · U.S. census
- Holderbaum 647 · U.S. census
- Holl 2,682 · U.S. census
- Holland 102,538 · U.S. census
- Hollander 5,640 · U.S. census
- Hollard 127 · U.S. census
- Holle 2,090 · U.S. census
- Hollender 408 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Hole is.
A volume says what happened to it.
Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.