The Holzer surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,911 people carried this name — #8,446 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 75,200 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (3,901).
What the name means
The meaning of the Holzer surname
A male surname from German.
Borrowed from Middle High German holzer (“lumberjack”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Holzer» (Czech), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
1,872 people named Holzer live in Switzerland.
They live in 22 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 Argentina’s national register
At least 265 people named Holzer 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 Santa Fe.
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 231 people named Holzer.
36 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 27 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 Poland’s population register
110 people named Holzer have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 160 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 6 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
49 people named Holzer 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
Holzer in American newspapers,
1898–1927.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 10,836 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Holzer,
with a public archive behind them.
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Johann Evangelist Holzer 1709–1740 · engraver -
Fanny Holzer d. 1898
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Wolfgang Holzer 1425–1463 · politician
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Joseph Luzius Holzer 1707–1792 · priest
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Franz Holzer 1707–1773 · Catholic priest
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Johann Holzer 1753–1818 · composer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Holzer.
- Holtzer 455 · U.S. census
- Holtzinger 421 · U.S. census
- Holtzmann 133 · U.S. census
- Holveck 278 · U.S. census
- Holweg 140 · U.S. census
- Holz 3,002 · U.S. census
- Holzinger 865 · U.S. census
- Holzmann 455 · U.S. census
- Home 311 · U.S. census
- Homer 6,198 · U.S. census
- Homeyer 634 · U.S. census
- Hommel 1,235 · U.S. census
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