The Hollowell surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,053 people carried this name — #6,684 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 58,500 people counted. That is down 5% from 5,318 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Hollowell surname

As an English and Welsh surname

Bardsley classes it as a local name, from where the family lived: ‘of Halliwell’ — the first of the origins he gives.

An early record he cites: Adam de Holewell, Norfolk, 1273 — Hundred Rolls.

His entry covers Halliwell and Hollowell.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 350 · public domain.

In print

Hollowell in American newspapers,
1908.

Newspaper page from Hopkinsville Kentuckian carrying the name Hollowell
Hopkinsville Kentuckian 1908-04-25
Newspaper page from The Paducah Evening Sun carrying the name Hollowell
The Paducah Evening Sun 1908-04-22
Newspaper page from The Paducah Evening Sun carrying the name Hollowell
The Paducah Evening Sun 1908-04-23

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

In print

Hollowell in Australian newspapers,
1840s–1960s.

191 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Hollowell. The most, 100, date from the 1900s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Tasmania, at 5.1 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Tasmania 74
New South Wales 53
Victoria 25
Queensland 15
South Australia 15
Western Australia 7
ACT (Canberra) 1

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

Who carried it

People named Hollowell,
with a public archive behind them.

  • James Hollowell
    James Hollowell 1823–1876 · military personnel
  • James Hollowell 1851–1909 · Christian minister
  • Fred S. Hollowell 1883–1960 · politician
  • Bud Hollowell 1943–2014 · psychologist
  • Barry Hollowell 1948–2016 · Anglican priest

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Hollowell,
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 States331 records

331 records of the Hollowell name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 181
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 86
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 32
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 14
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 11
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 5
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Henry E. Hollowell

    Born 1906 in Texas. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Sam Houston; driver from Bexar County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1974, buried at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Texas.

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

    Arrived at New York in 1865 aboard the Saint Mark from Liverpool, aged 51; dyer. From Yorkshire, England.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record William Byard Hollowell

    Born 1932; from Birmingham, Alabama. U.S. Army, nuclear weapons employment specialist; died in an accident 1967 in South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)

Showing 3 of 331 records for Hollowell in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · 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); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain).

Australia17 records

17 records of the Hollowell name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 12
  • Tasmanian Names Index 4
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 1
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Saml O. Hollowell

    Arrived in Victoria in 1852 aboard the Revenue, aged 35; British.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. The first page of an emigration file from Gündlingen, Baden, 1883
    Example: German emigration file, 1883
    Emigration record John Hollowell

    Left Hobart Town in 1852 aboard the Sacremento, bound for Melbourne.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record Robert Hollowell

    Took out a mineral lease at Charters Towers, Queensland in 1875.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 17 records for Hollowell in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (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); Emigration file, Gündlingen, 1883, Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, Staatsarchiv Freiburg B 694/1 Nr. 1389 (CC BY 4.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Canada7 records

7 records of the Hollowell name in Canada
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 4
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 3
  1. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record William Spencer Hollowell

    Died in service in 1917.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Thomas R. Hollowell

    Married 1868 in Queens, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record Robert Spencer Hollowell

    Died in service in 1943.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Showing 3 of 7 records for Hollowell in Canada.

Counts: Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

United Kingdom1 record

1 record of the Hollowell name in the United Kingdom War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead
  1. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record C. Hollowell

    Duke of Wellington's Regiment. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

France1 record

1 record of the Hollowell name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Katleen Teresa Hollowell

    Born 1912 in Great Britain; died 1997 in Cerisy-la-Salle (Manche).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

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