Explore the Family Name Imholte

The meaning of Imholte

German: variant of Im Holz, a topographic name for someone who lived in a wood, Middle Low German holt, with the addition of the fused preposition and definite article im ‘in the’.

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

According to data gathered from the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Imholte has witnessed slight changes in its popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, Imholte had a rank of 56,392 which slipped to 57,101 in 2010, indicating a minor drop in popularity by 1.26%. However, the count of people with this surname saw an increase of 5.31% during the same period, growing from 339 in 2000 to 357 in 2010. The proportion per hundred thousand also decreased slightly by 7.69%, from 0.13 in 2000 to 0.12 in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#56,392	#57,101	-1.26%
Count	339	357	5.31%
Proportion per 100k	0.13	0.12	-7.69%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Imholte

Delving into the ethnicity of those with the surname Imholte, based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, there was a significant shift among certain groups between 2000 and 2010. The majority of Imholtes identified as White, comprising 96.46% in 2000 and 94.96% in 2010, showing a slight decrease of 1.56%. Meanwhile, the percentage of Imholtes identifying as Hispanic saw a considerable increase of 105.65%, rising from 1.77% in 2000 to 3.64% in 2010. There were no recorded Imholtes identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native in either year. In 2000, 1.47% identified as belonging to two or more races, but this figure dropped to zero by 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
White	96.46%	94.96%	-1.56%
Hispanic	1.77%	3.64%	105.65%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	1.47%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%