Distribution of the name 'Holmes'
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Geographical distribution of the name 'Holmes' in the UK
Statistics: Figures on the surname 'Holmes'
In the UK there are 15.199 phone book entries with the surname Holmes and approximately 66.190 persons with this name.
Thus, the surname Holmes is the 89. most frequent name in the UK.
People with this surname live in 70 counties. Most occurrences are in West Yorkshire: 1.932.
Other counties with lots of occurrences are Greater London (838), Lancashire (820), West Midlands (783), Derbyshire (762), Greater Manchester (502), Kent (438), North Yorkshire (436), Nottinghamshire (390), as well as Hampshire (381).
The following surnames sound like Holmes: Hollins, Hollings, Holness, Halling, Hulmes, Hilling, Helens, Healing, Holling, Hellings, Howling, Halmshaw, Holms, Hallums, Hellens, Hayling, Hulance, Helms, Helling, Howlings, Haylings, Holmshaw, Holuns, Hewling, Halnes, Heylings, Holungs, Hlnes, Hawling, Holmieigh.
The distribution of the name 'Holmes' in other countries
Occurrence of the name Holmes in the counties
| West Yorkshire - The surname Holmes is is the 26. most common name - 1.932 persons |
| Greater London - The surname Holmes is is the 145. most common name - 838 persons |
| Lancashire - The surname Holmes is is the 90. most common name - 820 persons |
| West Midlands - The surname Holmes is is the 68. most common name - 783 persons |
| Derbyshire - The surname Holmes is is the 20. most common name - 762 persons |
| Greater Manchester - The surname Holmes is is the 110. most common name - 502 persons |
| Kent - The surname Holmes is is the 105. most common name - 438 persons |
| North Yorkshire - The surname Holmes is is the 49. most common name - 436 persons |
| Nottinghamshire - The surname Holmes is is the 30. most common name - 390 persons |
| Hampshire - The surname Holmes is is the 117. most common name - 381 persons |
| South Yorkshire - The surname Holmes is the 49. most common name - 346 persons |
| Central - The surname Holmes is the 345. most common name - 340 persons |
| Lincolnshire - The surname Holmes is the 43. most common name - 338 persons |
| Merseyside - The surname Holmes is the 83. most common name - 326 persons |
| Cambridgeshire - The surname Holmes is the 62. most common name - 325 persons |
| East Sussex - The surname Holmes is the 102. most common name - 322 persons |
| Essex - The surname Holmes is the 129. most common name - 307 persons |
| Hereford and Worcester - The surname Holmes is the 137. most common name - 299 persons |
| Tyne and Wear - The surname Holmes is the 100. most common name - 280 persons |
| Northumberland - The surname Holmes is the 63. most common name - 259 persons |
| Staffordshire - The surname Holmes is the 90. most common name - 239 persons |
| Cheshire - The surname Holmes is the 133. most common name - 232 persons |
| Surrey - The surname Holmes is the 139. most common name - 226 persons |
| Gloucestershire - The surname Holmes is the 210. most common name - 226 persons |
| Norfolk - The surname Holmes is the 38. most common name - 212 persons |
| Berkshire - The surname Holmes is the 102. most common name - 210 persons |
| Northamptonshire - The surname Holmes is the 87. most common name - 203 persons |
| Hertfordshire - The surname Holmes is the 122. most common name - 202 persons |
| Suffolk - The surname Holmes is the 112. most common name - 192 persons |
| Dorset - The surname Holmes is the 155. most common name - 191 persons |
| Cleveland - The surname Holmes is is the 71. most common name - 187 persons |
| Strathclyde - The surname Holmes is is the 295. most common name - 167 persons |
| Bedfordshire - The surname Holmes is is the 73. most common name - 156 persons |
| Clwyd - The surname Holmes is is the 94. most common name - 153 persons |
| Devon - The surname Holmes is is the 181. most common name - 137 persons |
| Durham - The surname Holmes is is the 96. most common name - 133 persons |
| Wiltshire - The surname Holmes is is the 193. most common name - 120 persons |
| Warwickshire - The surname Holmes is is the 95. most common name - 113 persons |
| West Sussex - The surname Holmes is is the 99. most common name - 112 persons |
| County Antrim - The surname Holmes is is the 176. most common name - 108 persons |
| Oxfordshire - The surname Holmes is is the 139. most common name - 107 persons |
| Shropshire - The surname Holmes is is the 121. most common name - 103 persons |
| Somerset - The surname Holmes is is the 231. most common name - 93 persons |
| Lothian - The surname Holmes is is the 436. most common name - 89 persons |
| Buckinghamshire - The surname Holmes is is the 65. most common name - 88 persons |
| Gwent - The surname Holmes is is the 180. most common name - 82 persons |
| West Glamorgan - The surname Holmes is is the 233. most common name - 61 persons |
| Dyfed - The surname Holmes is is the 197. most common name - 61 persons |
| County Down - The surname Holmes is is the 208. most common name - 59 persons |
| Gwynedd - The surname Holmes is is the 101. most common name - 52 persons |
| County Londonderry - The surname Holmes is is the 72. most common name - 48 persons |
| Fife - The surname Holmes is is the 595. most common name - 47 persons |
| Tayside - The surname Holmes is is the 683. most common name - 44 persons |
| Leicestershire - The surname Holmes is is the 76. most common name - 44 persons |
| Isle of Wight - The surname Holmes is is the 132. most common name - 43 persons |
| Cumbria - The surname Holmes is is the 77. most common name - 37 persons |
| Grampian - The surname Holmes is is the 599. most common name - 32 persons |
| Isle of Man - The surname Holmes is is the 22. most common name - 29 persons |
| Dumfries and Galloway - The surname Holmes is is the 301. most common name - 26 persons |
| Highland - The surname Holmes is is the 392. most common name - 18 persons |
| County Tyrone - The surname Holmes is is the 284. most common name - 15 persons |
| Powys - The surname Holmes is is the 254. most common name - 14 persons |
| Cornwall - The surname Holmes is is the 520. most common name - 14 persons |
| Humberside - The surname Holmes is is the 43. most common name - 13 persons |
| Mid Glamorgan - The surname Holmes is is the 304. most common name - 11 persons |
| Avon - The surname Holmes is is the 279. most common name - 8 persons |
| Borders - The surname Holmes is is the 449. most common name - 7 persons |
| South Glamorgan - The surname Holmes is is the 359. most common name - 6 persons |
| County Armagh - The surname Holmes is is the 212. most common name - 3 persons |
| Fermanagh - The surname Holmes is is the 947. most common name - 2 persons |
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