Popularity of the last name by country

United States

• Massachusetts (31,582)
• California (19,748)
• New York (19,026)
• Connecticut (12,707)
• Illinois (11,166)
• Virginia (10,119)
• Maryland (8,618)
• Missouri (7,915)
• Michigan (7,426)
• North Carolina (7,143)
• Pennsylvania (7,036)
• New Jersey (6,894)
• Ohio (5,484)
• Maine (5,088)
• Rhode Island (4,801)
• Colorado (4,748)
• Indiana (3,785)
• New Hampshire (3,038)
• Mississippi (2,953)
• Iowa (2,943)
• Vermont (2,744)
• Kentucky (2,601)
• South Carolina (2,581)
• Kansas (2,539)
• Texas (2,526)
• Tennessee (2,476)
• Georgia (2,413)
• Utah (2,327)
• Alabama (2,200)
• Minnesota (1,874)
• Wisconsin (1,799)
• Washington (1,750)
• Arkansas (1,591)
• Louisiana (1,340)
• Nebraska (1,330)
• Florida (1,319)
• West Virginia (1,190)
• Oregon (1,076)
• Montana (908)
• North Dakota (746)
• Oklahoma (743)
• Arizona (667)
• Idaho (572)
• South Dakota (510)
• Hawaii (436)
• Wyoming (357)
• New Mexico (286)
• Delaware (231)
• Nevada (206)
• Alaska (98)

All countries

• United Kingdom (395,981)
• United States (220,866)
• Ireland (21,306)
• New Zealand (20,914)
• Australia (16,044)
• Canada (8,771)
• France (6,161)
• Unknown country (4,929)
• Netherlands (1,336)
• Switzerland (1,017)
• Germany (936)
• Italy (540)
• Belgium (531)
• Sweden (429)
• India (345)
• South Africa (295)
• Mexico (275)
• Denmark (234)
• Colombia (230)
• Spain (227)
• Norway (189)
• Austria (181)
• China (135)
• Finland (121)
• Turkey (117)
• Paraguay (116)
• Poland (111)
• Egypt (106)
• Greece (104)
• Jamaica (104)
• Russian Federation (101)
• Indonesia (99)
• Peru (93)
• Argentina (79)
• Brazil (65)
• Lebanon (64)
• Malta (58)
• Portugal (56)
• Sri Lanka (54)
• Algeria (53)

Origine of last name

HOLMES : 1: English: either from the plural form of <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Holme">Holme</a> or else a variant of <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Holme">Holme</a> or <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Home">Home</a> with excrescent -s (see <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Holm">Holm</a>).2: Scottish: probably a habitational name from Holmes near Dundonald (Ayrshire) or possibly from another place so called in the barony of Inchestuir (Angus). Both placenames likely derive from the plural form of Middle English Older Scots holm ‘islet raised land in a marsh’ (see <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Holm">Holm</a>).3: Scottish and Irish: adopted for Scottish Gaelic and Irish Mac Thómais Mac Thómais (see <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/McComb">McComb</a>). In parts of western Ireland Holmes is also a variant of Cavish from Gaelic Mac Thámhais another patronymic from <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Thomas">Thomas</a>. Early bearers in Ireland were probably immigrants from Scotland.