Holzhauer
surname · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Holzhauer is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country. Recorded meaning: occupational name for a wood cutter, Middle High German holzhouwer.
- DEGermany≈1 in 42K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 359K
- LRLiberia≈1 in 154K
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
- 187 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 42K (inferred from the name graph)
≈1,900 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Germany, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
occupational name for a wood cutter, Middle High German holzhouwer.
Sources 1
- Dictionary of American Family Names
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Holzhauer 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 | ≈1,900 est. | ≈1 in 42K | — | Holzhauer | 98 |
| US United States | 926 | 1 in 359K | 926 | Holzhauer | 187 |
| IN India | ≈70 est. | ≈1 in 19M | — | Holzhauer | 2 |
| IT Italy | ≈66 est. | ≈1 in 946K | — | Holzhauer | 1 |
| GB United Kingdom | ≈54 est. | ≈1 in 1.2M | — | Holzhauer | 8 |
| NL Netherlands | 50 | 1 in 346K | 50 | Holzhauer | 17 |
| LR Liberia | ≈33 est. | ≈1 in 154K | — | Holzhauer | 1 |
| NZ New Zealand | ≈32 est. | ≈1 in 154K | — | Holzhauer | 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: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; 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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Holzhauer is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, woodcutter
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In German, Berufsname zu -hauer 'Holzschläger'; Konsonantenvariation tz selten. 905 Belege.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 2: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen II, Konsonantismus
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)
- Anna Holzhauerb. 1980DEvisual artist
- James Holzhauerb. 1984USAmerican professional sports gambler and game show contestant
- Björn HolzhauerDEresearcher
- Menno HolzhauerNLresearcher
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 17 sources across 8 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 926 | #26,362 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 925 | #27,591 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 847 | #26,946 |
| NL Netherlands | CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007) | 2007 | 50 | #30,791 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 5
- 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
- jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
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 Holzhauer mean, and where does it come from?
- occupational name for a wood cutter, Middle High German holzhouwer. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
- In which country does Holzhauer have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 1.9 thousand people named Holzhauer in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled holzhauer.
- How common is the name Holzhauer?
- In the United States, the national register counted 926 people named Holzhauer in 2010, about 1 in 359 thousand 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, “Holzhauer”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.