The Hollar surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,976 people carried this name — #8,332 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 74,100 people counted. That is down 2% from 4,044 in 2000.

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In the first U.S. census, 1790

In 1790, Hollar was counted together with Holler: 23 families in all.

Each family is counted by its head. About 141 people lived in those households, 6.1 to a family on average. The census counted these spellings together: Holler, Haller, Holer, Hollar, Holiard, Hollear, Holor. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.

Families, by state

Pennsylvania 15
Virginia 3
New Hampshire 1
New York 1
Maryland 1
North Carolina 1
South Carolina 1

U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 246 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Hollar in American newspapers,
1914–1922.

Newspaper page from Great Falls Tribune carrying the name Hollar
Great Falls Tribune 1922-09-21
Newspaper page from The Washington Times carrying the name Hollar
The Washington Times 1922-02-22
Newspaper page from Clinch Valley News carrying the name Hollar
Clinch Valley News 1914-07-24

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 102,592 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Hollar in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1950s.

358 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Hollar. The most, 100, date from the 1910s. Victoria has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in Queensland, at 1.7 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 115
Queensland 109
New South Wales 66
South Australia 36
Tasmania 23
Western Australia 8
ACT (Canberra) 1

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Hollar.

Who carried it

People named Hollar,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Wenceslaus Hollar
    Wenceslaus Hollar 1607–1677 · illustrator
  • Constance Hollar 1880–1945 · poet
  • Constance Hollar 1881–1945 · poet
  • John Hollar 1922–1997 · American football player

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 5 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Hollar,
in the records of 5 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States214 records

214 records of the Hollar name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 136
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 30
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 18
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 10
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 9
  • Riverside Cemetery, Asheville (North Carolina) 4
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Howard Eslie Hollar

    Born 1948; from Charlottesville, Virginia. U.S. Marine Corps, machinegunner; killed in action 1968 in Quang Tri, South Vietnam. Buried at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Missouri.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Gladstone Hollar

    Born 1907 in Massachusetts. Enlisted 1942 at Los Angeles, California. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1997, buried at Riverside National Cemetery, California.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Bart Hollar

    Arrived at New York in 1886 aboard the Westernland from Antwerp, aged 19; shoemaker. From Escamaba, Germany; bound for Baltimore.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 214 records for Hollar in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Netherlands13 records

13 records of the Hollar name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch population registers 5
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 5
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 3
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Wilhelmina Hollar

    Died 1884 in Loosdrecht, aged 83.

    Open Archives, Noord-Hollands Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Catharina Hollar

    Married in 1937 in 's-Gravenhage.

    Open Archives, Haags Gemeentearchief (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Johan Carel Wilhelm Hollar

    In the population register of Middelburg; born 1894.

    Open Archives, Zeeuws Archief (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 13 records for Hollar in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

Canada3 records

3 records of the Hollar name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 2
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 1
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Edmund Hollar

    Died 1942 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Karl Hollar

    Died 1937 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Showing 2 of 3 records for Hollar in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Australia3 records

3 records of the Hollar name in Australia Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Eliza Hollar

    Sailed from Victoria in 1860 aboard the Great Britain, bound for Liverpool, aged 35.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Thos Hollar

    Sailed from Victoria in 1860 aboard the Great Britain, bound for Liverpool, aged 49.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Benjamin Hollar

    Sailed from Victoria in 1860 aboard the Great Britain, bound for Liverpool, aged 10.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Norway1 record

1 record of the Hollar name in Norway Norway's 1910 census
  1. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Census record Ingebjørg O. Hollar

    Census of 1910: Rui nordre (gaard), Seljord; born 1890 in Seljord.

    Arkivverket, Digitalarkivet, 1910 census (CC BY 3.0 NO)

Counts: Arkivverket, Digitalarkivet, 1910 census (CC BY 3.0 NO). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

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