The Hollander surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,640 people carried this name — #6,077 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 52,400 people counted. That is down 1% from 5,672 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Hollander surname
From Middle English holander, Hollander; equivalent to Holland + -er; compare the German Holländer.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Hollander» (English), 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 139 people named Hollander.
22 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 9 départements, most often Pas-de-Calais.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
36 people named Hollander live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 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
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 34 people named Hollander live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Antwerp.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
462 people named Hollander are counted in Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
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) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Hollander in American newspapers,
1878–1914.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,285,054 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Hollander,
with a public archive behind them.
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Albert Woldemar Hollander 1796–1868 · pedagogue -
Hendrik Hollander 1823–1884 · painter -
Abraham J Hollander d. 2025 · researcher
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Barbara S. Hollander d. 1993 · business consultant
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August Hollander 1811–1899
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Sven August Hollander 1817–1896 · poet
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Hollander.
- Holbein 394 · U.S. census
- Holder 33,465 · U.S. census
- Holderbaum 647 · U.S. census
- Hole 1,794 · U.S. census
- Holl 2,682 · U.S. census
- Holland 102,538 · U.S. census
- Hollard 127 · U.S. census
- Holle 2,090 · U.S. census
- Hollender 408 · U.S. census
- Holler 4,836 · U.S. census
- Holley 30,231 · U.S. census
- Hollier 1,941 · U.S. census
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