Holopainen

surname · Latin script

/holo̞pɑinen/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Holopainen is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Finland than in any other country. Recorded meaning: holopa- + -inen, possibly from the Russian name Холоп (Xolop), or directly based on its (likely) source, Russian холоп (xolop, “serf”).

rarermore common
  • FIFinland1 in 474(measured from records)
  • SESweden1 in 86K
  • NONorway1 in 273K

carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Finland (measured from records)

11,749 people

Sources
9 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 474 (inferred from the name graph)

Finland

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

holopa- + -inen, possibly from the Russian name Холоп (Xolop), or directly based on its (likely) source, Russian холоп (xolop, “serf”).

Sources 1

Attested across 6 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Holopainen 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 Holopainen is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
FI Finland11,7491 in 47412KHolopainen9
SE Sweden1191 in 86K119—2
NO Norway201 in 273K20——
ES Spain151 in 3.3M15—1
DK Denmark71 in 838K7——
CH Switzerland41 in 2.1M4—1

11,749 people counted by DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup). 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: DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts); 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).

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

Holopainen is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • French surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Finland, France

    Also written Holopaïnen

  • Russian surname8 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Russia, Finland, Ukraine, Kazakhstan

    Languages: Russian, Ukrainian

    Also written Холопайнен, Kholopainen, Холопаинен

38 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.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1850190019502000Jalmari Holopainen, b. 1892Ale Holopainen, b. 1908Eino Holopainen, b. 1929Eero Holopainen, b. 1937Mikko Holopainen, b. 1941Raimo Holopainen, b. 1948Pekka Holopainen, b. 1966Esa Holopainen, b. 1972Tuomas Holopainen, b. 1976Johannes Holopainen, b. 1988

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)

FormalHyvä ,Dear Holopainen, (English)
InformalHyvä ,Hello, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 13 sources across 9 countries.

Official registers attesting Holopainen
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
FI FinlandDVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup)—12K#129
FI FinlandDVV — Sukunimitilasto (Finnish surnames register)—4.9K—
SE SwedenSkatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)—119#6,280
NO NorwaySSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population)—20#42,911
ES SpainINE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos)—15#97,717
DK DenmarkDanmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts)—7#53,004
CH SwitzerlandBFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames)20244#118,617

Reference works 2

  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

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 Holopainen mean, and where does it come from?
holopa- + -inen, possibly from the Russian name Холоп (Xolop), or directly based on its (likely) source, Russian холоп (xolop, “serf”). Recorded by Wiktionary.
How do you pronounce Holopainen?
A machine transcription gives /holo̞pɑinen/ (IPA) for Finnish.
In which country does Holopainen have the most bearers?
In Finland, the national register counted about 12 thousand people named Holopainen, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled holopainen.
Where is Holopainen most common?
Holopainen is densest in Finland, where the national register counts about 1 in 474 people carrying it.
How common is the name Holopainen?
In Finland, the national register counted 11,749 people named Holopainen, about 1 in 474 residents.

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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, “Holopainen”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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