Holderness

English

Alternative forms

• Holness

Etymology

From Old Norse hǫldr (“man, hero”) + nes (“headland”).

Proper noun

Holderness (countable and uncountable, plural Holdernesses)

1. A coastal area in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.
2. A town in Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States, named after Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness.
3. A habitational surname from Old Norse.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Holderness is the 30390^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 769 individuals. Holderness is most common among White (91.81%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Holderness”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 192.