Holl

surname · Latin script

Meaning: topographic name from Middle High German, Middle Low German hoi ‘hollow’, ‘hole’

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

Holl is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • DEGermany≈1 in 16K(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 124K
  • ATAustria≈1 in 14K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

China (inferred from the name graph)

≈22,000 people, est.

Sources
265 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 14K (inferred from the name graph)

Austria, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

3 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

topographic name from Middle High German, Middle Low German hoi ‘hollow’, ‘hole’.

Sources 1

  • Dictionary of American Family Names

Attested across 6 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Holl counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Holl is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CN China—≈22,000 est.≈1 in 64K—Holl4
DE Germany#929≈5,000 est.≈1 in 16K—Holl131
US United States—2,6821 in 124K3.2KHoll265
ZA South Africa—≈650 est.≈1 in 87K—Holl20
AT Austria#630≈610 est.≈1 in 14K—Holl45
NL Netherlands—3271 in 53K327Holl28

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Holl is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Argentina, Colombia, Mexico

    Also written Höll

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Höll

  • Danish surname7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Denmark, United States, Sweden

    Languages: Danish, Swedish, Norwegian

    Also written Höll

  • Czech surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Czechia, Slovakia

    Languages: Czech, Slovak

    Also written Höll

  • Hungarian surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Hungary, United States

    Also written Höll

  • Swahili surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, South Africa

    Languages: Swahili, Southern Sotho

    Also written Höll

49 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Holl is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • variant of Helle 2, found chiefly in Bavaria.

    as a nameDictionary of American Family Names

  • In Breton, all (preceded by the definite article, precedes the noun)

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Irish, h-prothesized form of oll

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1400160018002000Elias Holl, b. 1573Friedrich Holl, b. 1794Frank Holl, b. 1845Gussy Holl, b. 1888Adolf Holl, b. 1930Steven Holl, b. 1947Robert Holl, b. 1947Ursula Holl, b. 1982Justin Holl, b. 1992

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 30 sources across 17 countries.

Official registers attesting Holl
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 200020003.2K#9,395
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 201020102.7K#11,685
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 202020202.2K#13,208
NL NetherlandsCBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007)2007327#6,262
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 7

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Holl mean, and where does it come from?
topographic name from Middle High German, Middle Low German hoi ‘hollow’, ‘hole’. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
In which country does Holl have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 22 thousand people named Holl in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled holl.
How common is the name Holl?
In the United States, the national register counted 2,682 people named Holl in 2010, about 1 in 124 thousand residents.
How common is Holl compared with other names?
In Austria, Holl is the 630th most common surname of 127,275 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Holl” — the 630th most common surname in Austria. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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