Holt Family History
- Holt Name Meaning
- English, North German, Danish, and Norwegian: topographic name for someone who lived in or by a small wood, Middle English, Middle Low German, Danish, Norwegian holt, or a habitational name from one of the very many places named with this word. In England the surname is widely distributed, but rather more common in Lancashire than elsewhere. Shortened form of Dutch van Holt, a habitational name from places named Holt (see 1).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 4,676,485 Historical Documents with Holt on Ancestry
- 1,379,409 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 698,508 Census and Voter Lists
- 111,284 Military Records
- 65,481 Immigration Records
- 2,421,803 Member Trees
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Number of Holt families
 4,756 - 9,509  1,586 - 4,755 |
 1 - 1,585  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Holt families
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27 - 51 10 - 26 |
1 - 9 |
from the 1851 Canada Census Data
Holt census records
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from the New York Passengers List
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from the Canadian Passenger Lists
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from 1881 CA Census Data
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