Hollstein
surname · Latin script
Meaning, in German: variant of Holstein, or perhaps a habitational name from Hollstein on the Werra River
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/hɔlʃtajn/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Hollstein is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country.
- DEGermany≈1 in 27K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 942K
- BZBelize≈1 in 27K
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.
- Germany (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 121 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 27K (inferred from the name graph)
≈2,900 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Germany, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is 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)
variant of Holstein, or perhaps a habitational name from Hollstein on the Werra River.
Sources 1
- Dictionary of American Family Names
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
How Hollstein is read(measured from records)
Hollstein is one spelling over 2 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.
- German49%
variant of Holstein, or perhaps a habitational name from Hollstein on the Werra River.
as a nameDictionary of American Family Names
Toponymic surname: Herkunfts-/Wohnstättenname zu einem Ort bzw. Landschaftsmerkmal wie „beim hohlen Stein“; vgl. SiedlungsN Holstein, Hollstein, Hohlenstein, Hollenstein. Laut St HerkunftsN zum SiedlungsN Holenstein.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 4: Familiennamen nach Herkunft und Wohnstätte
Toponymischer Familienname aus dem Orts-/Landschaftsnamen Holstein; Beleg: 1288 Träger.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 4: Familiennamen nach Herkunft und Wohnstätte
- English40%
The ship of characters Laura Hollis and Carmilla Karnstein from the web series Carmilla.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Hollstein 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE Germany | — | ≈2,900 est. | ≈1 in 27K | listed | Hollstein | 104 |
| CN China | — | ≈1,400 est. | ≈1 in 969K | — | Hollstein | 2 |
| US United States | — | 353 | 1 in 942K | 364 | Hollstein | 121 |
| AO Angola | — | ≈150 est. | ≈1 in 211K | — | Hollstein | 1 |
| ZA South Africa | — | ≈63 est. | ≈1 in 892K | — | Hollstein | 6 |
| SE Sweden | — | 33 | 1 in 309K | 33 | Hollstein | 5 |
| CH Switzerland | — | 20 | 1 in 420K | 20 | Hollstein | 3 |
| BZ Belize | #487 | ≈15 est. | ≈1 in 27K | — | Hollstein | 1 |
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: the dfa-band-4 register; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames). 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).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Lion Hollsteinb. 1811DEGerman surgeon (1811-1892)
- Ernst Hollsteinb. 1886DEGerman footballer (1886-1950)
- Friedrich Wilhelm Hollsteinb. 1888DEGerman art dealer and art historian
- Walter Hollsteinb. 1899DEGerman association football player (1899-1977)
- Andreas Hollsteinb. 1963DEGerman politician
- Stephan Hollsteinb. 1966DEGerman singer
- Miriam Hollsteinb. 1970DEGerman journalist, author and presenter
- Martin Hollsteinb. 1987DEGerman canoeist
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).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 20 sources across 12 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 364 | #53,299 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 353 | #57,639 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 335 | #64,212 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 33 | #17,607 |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 20 | #36,564 |
| DE Germany | Deutscher Familiennamenatlas Band 4 | — | — | — |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 4
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
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 Hollstein mean, and where does it come from?
- variant of Holstein, or perhaps a habitational name from Hollstein on the Werra River. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
- How do you pronounce Hollstein?
- A machine transcription gives /hɔlʃtajn/ (IPA) for German.
- In which country does Hollstein have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 2.9 thousand people named Hollstein in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled hollstein.
- How common is the name Hollstein?
- In the United States, the national register counted 353 people named Hollstein in 2010, about 1 in 942 thousand residents.
- How common is Hollstein compared with other names?
- In Belize, Hollstein is the 487th most common surname of 11,408 surnames recorded there.
What do you want to know about Hollstein?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/hollsteinThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Hollstein” — the 487th most common surname in Belize. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.