Last Name HOLDER

Summary/Contribute


Meaning The holder, probably an earlier form of upholder, originally an auctioneer, one who held up goods for sale. Upholstere has a different meaning now, but it is an augmentative of the feminine up=holster, founded on up-holder.
Origin English, Jewish, Irish, Belgian, Hungarian

Rank 978 (2000 US census) 857 (1990 US census)
Count 32,466 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 76.28%, or 24765 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 18.99%, or 6165 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.4%, or 130 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.79%, or 256 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.8%, or 584 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.75%, or 568 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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Shortest last names

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