Find out how popular the last name Holeva is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Holeva.

Holeva, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Holeva surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Holeva in America

Holeva is the 93921st most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Holeva surname appeared 195 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Holeva.

We can also compare 2010 data for Holeva to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Holeva

The surname HOLEVA is believed to have originated in the Czech Republic during the late medieval period. It is derived from the Old Czech word "holý", which means "bare" or "bald". The name likely referred to a person with little or no hair on their head.

In the early 16th century, the name HOLEVA appeared in several historical records from the region of Bohemia, which was part of the Kingdom of Bohemia at the time. One notable reference was found in the Bohemian town records of Litomerice, where a certain Jan HOLEVA was mentioned as a local landowner in 1527.

The HOLEVA surname was also documented in the Beroun district of Bohemia in the 1590s, with the earliest known instance being a record of a peasant named Vaclav HOLEVA who lived in the village of Lhota.

During the 17th century, the name HOLEVA spread to other parts of the Czech lands, including Moravia and Silesia. In 1621, a man named Jiri HOLEVA was listed as a resident of the town of Opava in Silesia.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the HOLEVA surname outside of the Czech regions was in the town of Krakow, Poland, where a merchant named Michal HOLEVA was mentioned in a trade document from 1678.

Notable individuals with the surname HOLEVA throughout history include:

1. Frantisek HOLEVA (1833-1911), a Czech painter and art teacher from Prague.
2. Jaroslav HOLEVA (1890-1945), a Czech playwright and novelist from Brno.
3. Vaclav HOLEVA (1859-1924), a Czech sculptor and woodcarver from Pilsen.
4. Milos HOLEVA (1921-1998), a Czech footballer who played as a defender for several clubs in the 1940s and 1950s.
5. Jan HOLEVA (1880-1957), a Czech architect and urban planner who designed several notable buildings in Prague.

While the HOLEVA surname has its roots in the Czech lands, it has since spread to other parts of Europe and the world due to migration and diaspora communities.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Holeva

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Holeva.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Holeva was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Holeva has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Holeva was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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