Explore the Family Name Holum

The meaning of Holum

Norwegian: habitational name from any of 10 farmsteads named Holum, either from the dative plural of hol ‘hollow’, ‘depression’ or from hol + heimr ‘home, farmstead’. Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Knute, Morten, Thorvald.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname Holum fluctuated slightly between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it was ranked at 37,534th position and dropped to 40,554th in 2010, indicating an 8.05% decrease in ranking. The total count of people with this surname also decreased from 558 in 2000 to 539 in 2010, marking a 3.41% reduction. Proportionally, per 100,000 people, the incidence of this surname decreased by 14.29%, moving from 0.21 in 2000 to 0.18 in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#37,534	#40,554	-8.05%
Count	558	539	-3.41%
Proportion per 100k	0.21	0.18	-14.29%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Holum

When examining the ethnic identity breakdown of individuals with the surname Holum, again based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, some shifts are evident. In 2000, 97.49% of individuals identified as White, dropping slightly to 95.92% in 2010. There was no data for those identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander or Black in either year. However, the proportion identifying with two or more races increased from 1.08% to 1.48% over the decade, showing a 37.04% increase. The percentage of those identifying as Hispanic was 0% in 2000, but rose to 1.11% in 2010. The proportion of those identifying as American Indian and Alaskan Native was 0.90% in 2000 but had dropped to 0% by 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
White	97.49%	95.92%	-1.61%
Two or More Races	1.08%	1.48%	37.04%
Hispanic	0%	1.11%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0.9%	0%	0%