Last Name HOLLIS

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Meaning Local: At the hollins, from residence beside some holly-bushes. The corrupted form Hollis or Holliss in not an exceptional case. Other names look similar: Purkiss for Perkins, Popkiss for Popkins, or Hotchkiss for Hotchkins.
Origin English, Jewish, Irish, Falkland, Maori, Zimbabwean

Rank 1,164 (2000 US census) 1,126 (1990 US census)
Count 27,597 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 67.77%, or 18702 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 28.38%, or 7832 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.3%, or 83 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.44%, or 121 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.62%, or 447 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.5%, or 414 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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