The Holloman surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,536 people carried this name — #4,708 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 39,200 people counted. That is up 8% from 7,003 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Holloman surname

As an English and Welsh surname

Bardsley classes it as a nickname: ‘the holy man’ — the first of the origins he gives.

An early record he cites: Walter Halloman, Lincolnshire, 1273 — Hundred Rolls.

His entry covers Hollyman, Holman, Holeyman, Holliman, Holloman and Holyman.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 394 · public domain.

In print

Holloman in American newspapers,
1897–1928.

Newspaper page from The Indianapolis Journal carrying the name Holloman
The Indianapolis Journal 1897-02-21
Newspaper page from South Bend News-times carrying the name Holloman
South Bend News-times 1928-11-23
Newspaper page from La Junta Tribune carrying the name Holloman
La Junta Tribune 1899-06-03

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 9,096 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Holloman in Australian newspapers,
1870s–1960s.

178 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Holloman. The most, 60, date from the 1940s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in New South Wales, at 2.4 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 140
Victoria 17
Queensland 15
ACT (Canberra) 4
Tasmania 1

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

Who carried it

People named Holloman,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Bridget Holloman 1955–2006 · actor

Wikidata (CC0) · 7 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Holloman,
in the records of 2 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 States314 records

314 records of the Holloman name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 198
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 91
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 10
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 6
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 5
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Harold L. Holloman

    Born 1920 in Kentucky. Enlisted 1942 at Evansville, Indiana; sales clerk from Webster County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1997, buried at Big Hill Cemetery, Providence, Kentucky.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Cletuh Holloman

    Born 1947; from Chicago, Illinois. U.S. Army, tubine engine drive/generator repairer; died in an accident 1968 in Pleiku, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Hannah Holloman

    Arrived at New York in 1872 aboard the Oceanic from Liverpool, aged 17; servant. From England.

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

Showing 3 of 314 records for Holloman in the United States.

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

Australia4 records

4 records of the Holloman name in Australia
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 2
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 2
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Sarah Holloman

    Arrived in Victoria in 1853 aboard the Elizabeth, aged 19; English.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record James Holloman

    Of Balmain, New South Wales; died 1894.

    Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Private Holloman

    Arrived in Victoria in 1878 aboard the Assam; British subject.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 4 records for Holloman in Australia.

Counts: Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · 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); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

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