Holliday Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 2
Berkshire 55
Cambridgeshire 21
Channel Islands 5
Cheshire 15
Cornwall 6
Cumberland 488
Derbyshire 2
Devon 11
Dorset 2
Durham 147
Essex 42
Gloucestershire 107
Hampshire 35
Herefordshire 2
Hertfordshire 22
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 21
Isle of Man 0
Kent 107
Lancashire 296
Leicestershire 14
Lincolnshire 31
London 402
Middlesex 4
Northumberland 34
Norfolk 58
Northamptonshire 47
Nottinghamshire 36
Oxfordshire 68
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 21
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 1
Somerset 26
Surrey 69
Sussex 16
Staffordshire 12
Warwickshire 21
Westmorland 8
Wiltshire 20
Worcestershire 35
Yorkshire 618

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 1
Glamorgan 1
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 11
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Holliday Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Holliday family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 395
Agricultural Labourer 84
House Servant 65
Coal Miner 34
At Home 31
Dress Maker 28
Farm Labourer 23
Labourer 23
Servant 19
Annuitant 19
Farm Servant 17
General Servant 16
Tailor 15
Carpenter 14
Pauper 11
Farmer's Daur 11
Farmer's Wife 11
Shoe Maker 11
Grocer 10
Joiner 10
Wife 10
Laundress 9
Nurse 9
Gardener 9
Wife Of Above 9

Most Frequent Forenames for Holliday

Name Census Frequency
John Holliday 2,318
Mary Holliday 2,314
William Holliday 2,215
Elizabeth Holliday 1,372
Thomas Holliday 1,281
Sarah Holliday 1,197
George Holliday 1,079
James Holliday 1,054
Jane Holliday 985
Ann Holliday 707
Robert Holliday 686
Joseph Holliday 621
Charles Holliday 601
Margaret Holliday 571
Henry Holliday 498
Annie Holliday 490
Hannah Holliday 455
Alice Holliday 415
Emma Holliday 389
Ellen Holliday 351
Eliza Holliday 329
Martha Holliday 326
Richard Holliday 317
Edward Holliday 308
Arthur Holliday 307

Holliday Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Holliday 100% 33,720
2 Halliday 88% 25,028
3 Holiday 88% 7,631
4 Halladay 75% 1,541
5 Holladay 88% 772
6 Holloday 88% 333
7 Halleday 75% 200
8 Holleday 88% 185
9 Hollady 75% 142
10 Halladey 63% 135
11 Hallady 63% 131

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The surname Holliday is the most popular version of all its varients

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