How Many People Have the Last Name Holmes?
people had the surname Holmes in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 1,881 people in the Census had this surname
Source: Census Bureau surname list
Surname Rank
Of 162,253 surnames
Per 100,000 People
In 2010
Largest Group
White
Change Since 2000
+6,614 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname Holmes (56.8%) are non-Hispanic White. The next largest group, 37.3%, are non-Hispanic Black. Among surnames where most people are non-Hispanic White, Holmes ranks #120. From 2000 to 2010, the non-Hispanic White share fell from 59.2% to 56.8%.
📈 Change Since 2000
Holmes grew from 150,166 people in 2000 to 156,780 in 2010 (up 4.4%), and its rank fell from #161 to #171. The population grew faster, so its share still fell, from 55.67 to 53.15 people per 100,000.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 150,166 | 156,780 |
| Rank | #161 | #171 |
| Per 100,000 people | 55.67 | 53.15 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Holmes
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Holmes: H452
👤 Holmes as a First Name
Holmes is a first name too: about 127 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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