Explore the Family Name Hollopeter

The meaning of Hollopeter

German: perhaps a distinguishing nickname Hollepeter ‘helpful Peter’, from Middle Low German holde, holt ‘friendly, helpful’ + the personal name Peter. Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Wolf.

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How common is the last name Hollopeter in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the Hollopeter surname has seen a minor decline between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it was ranked 40,203 in popularity, but by 2010 it had dropped to rank 44,109, signifying a change of -9.72%. The count of individuals carrying this surname also decreased slightly from 513 in 2000 to 488 in 2010, marking a -4.87% shift. The proportion of individuals with the Hollopeter surname per 100,000 people similarly fell from 0.19 to 0.17, indicating a -10.53% change.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#40,203	#44,109	-9.72%
Count	513	488	-4.87%
Proportion per 100k	0.19	0.17	-10.53%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Hollopeter

The ethnic identity associated with the Hollopeter surname experienced some notable shifts over the same period, according to the Decennial U.S. Census. The majority of those with this surname identified as White, with a virtually unchanged percentage from 95.52% in 2000 to 95.49% in 2010. The percentage identifying as American Indian and Alaskan Native saw the most significant increase, rising by 57.69% from 1.56% in 2000 to 2.46% in 2010. There was also a slight increase in those identifying as Hispanic, moving up from 0.97% to 1.02%, representing a 5.15% change. No change was reported in the Asian/Pacific Islander and Black categories, while the percentage reporting two or more races dropped to zero from 1.17%.

	2000	2010	Change
White	95.52%	95.49%	-0.03%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	1.56%	2.46%	57.69%
Hispanic	0.97%	1.02%	5.15%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	1.17%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%