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The Holl surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,682 people carried this name — #11,685 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 109,900 people counted. That is down 16% from 3,179 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Holl surname

A surname, variant of Holle.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Holl» (Dutch), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 236 people named Holl.

26 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 18 départements, most often Haut-Rhin.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 26
Haut-Rhin 75
Bas-Rhin 68
Paris 15
Marne 10
Rhône 9
Vosges 8
Seine-Maritime 7
Yvelines 4

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

77 people named Holl 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 18
Lucerne 11
Bern 8
Solothurn 8
Thurgau 7
St. Gallen 6
Basel-Stadt 5
Basel-Landschaft 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 31 people named Holl 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 21
Misiones 10

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

In the Nordic population registers

40 people named Holl is counted in Sweden.

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

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 40

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).

In print

Holl in American newspapers,
1907–1920.

Newspaper page from The Southern Farm Gazette carrying the name Holl
The Southern Farm Gazette 1907-05-15
Newspaper page from Detroiter Abend-post carrying the name Holl
Detroiter Abend-post 1918-03-31
Newspaper page from Der Staats=anzeiger carrying the name Holl
Der Staats=anzeiger 1920-10-15

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 234,390 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Holl,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Johannes Holl d. 1648 · architect
  • Edward Holl d. 1824 · architect
  • Georg Christian Holl d. 1758 · printer
  • Matthias Holl d. 1681 · general contractor
  • Johann Holl d. 1969 · day labourer
  • Josina Willems Holl d. 1671

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

Nearby in the index

Surnames next to Holl.

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