Explore the Family Name Holtkamp

The meaning of Holtkamp

North German and Dutch: habitational name from any of several farms so named located in Lower Saxony, North Rhine-Westphalia and adjacent East Netherlands, from Middle Low German holt ‘wood’ + kamp ‘enclosure, fenced or hedged field, domain’. Some characteristic forenames: German Hans, Jochem, Kurt, Ralf, Rudi.

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

The popularity of the surname Holtkamp in the U.S., according to data from the Decennial U.S. Census, saw a slight decrease from 2000 to 2010. Ranked at 23,037 in 2000, the surname dropped to 24,388 in 2010, a change of -5.86%. For the same period, the count of people with the Holtkamp surname decreased by -0.87%, from 1,036 in 2000 to 1,027 in 2010. Furthermore, the proportion of this surname per 100,000 people declined by -7.89%, from 0.38 in 2000 to 0.35 in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#23,037	#24,388	-5.86%
Count	1,036	1,027	-0.87%
Proportion per 100k	0.38	0.35	-7.89%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Holtkamp

As for the ethnic identity associated with the Holtkamp surname, based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the majority of people with this surname identified as White, accounting for 97.68% in 2000 and decreasing slightly to 97.47% in 2010. The number of individuals identifying as Hispanic declined by -10.98% during the same time frame. There was an increase in those identifying as having two or more races, from 0.48% in 2000 to 0.58% in 2010, a change of 20.83%. There were no reported changes among Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native categories.

	2000	2010	Change
White	97.68%	97.47%	-0.21%
Hispanic	1.64%	1.46%	-10.98%
Two or More Races	0.48%	0.58%	20.83%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%