The Holstein surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,098 people carried this name — #8,091 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 71,900 people counted. That is down 1% from 4,120 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 240 people named Holstein 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.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 195 people named Holstein.
12 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 28 départements, most often Moselle.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
64 people named Holstein live in Switzerland.
They live in 8 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 the Nordic population registers
203 people named Holstein 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
Holstein in American newspapers,
1864–1898.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 196,756 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Holstein,
with a public archive behind them.
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Christian Frederik Holstein 1735–1799 · judge -
Friedrich Holstein 1546–1609 · historian
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Marie Eleanor Charlotte von Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg 1659–1697
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Marie Eleanor Charlotte von Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg 1659–1691
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Johan Georg Holstein 1662–1730 · civil servant
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Ulrik Adolf Holstein 1664–1737 · judge
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Holstein.
- 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
- Holquin 443 · U.S. census
- Holt 87,531 · U.S. census
- Holtz 9,502 · U.S. census
- Holtzer 455 · U.S. census
- Holtzinger 421 · U.S. census
- Holtzmann 133 · U.S. census
- Holveck 278 · U.S. census
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