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 1
Buckinghamshire 3
Berkshire 87
Cambridgeshire 26
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 104
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 648
Derbyshire 27
Devon 23
Dorset 1
Durham 397
Essex 303
Gloucestershire 77
Hampshire 95
Herefordshire 3
Hertfordshire 62
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 8
Isle of Man 1
Kent 271
Lancashire 502
Leicestershire 10
Lincolnshire 85
London 672
Middlesex 138
Northumberland 174
Norfolk 71
Northamptonshire 35
Nottinghamshire 132
Oxfordshire 67
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 8
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 14
Somerset 15
Surrey 145
Sussex 36
Staffordshire 85
Warwickshire 123
Westmorland 36
Wiltshire 53
Worcestershire 96
Yorkshire 1,338

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 4
Carmarthenshire 1
Denbighshire 2
Flintshire 7
Glamorgan 27
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 1
Pembrokeshire 1
Radnorshire 0

Holliday Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Holliday family

Profession Census Frequency
School 605
Coal Miner Hewer 53
Farmer 49
Private Means 43
General Servant (domestic) 32
Dressmaker 31
Farm Labourer 30
None 28
Clerk 27
Labourer 26
At Home 25
At School 24
Scholar 22
Shop Assistant 22
General Labourer 19
Housekeeper 19
Assisting In Business 18
Domestic Servant 18
Cotton Weaver 15
Joiner 14
Weaver 14
Bricklayer 13
General Servant Domestic 13
Housemaid (domestic) 12
General Servant 11

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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