The Hollender surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 408 people carried this name — #51,066 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 714,300 people counted. That is up 13% from 362 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Hollender surname
Variant of Hollander.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Hollender» (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 237 people named Hollender.
10 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 33 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 36 people named Hollender 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
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Poland’s population register
23 people named Hollender have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 32 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 3 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Pomeranian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In the Nordic population registers
30 people named Hollender is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
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).
In print
Hollender in American newspapers,
1905–1917.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Hollender.
- Hole 1,794 · 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
- Holler 4,836 · U.S. census
- Holley 30,231 · U.S. census
- Hollier 1,941 · U.S. census
- Holliger 200 · U.S. census
- Hollinger 5,634 · U.S. census
- Holmes 156,780 · U.S. census
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