Holod last name popularity, history, and meaning

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

Meaning of Holod

A surname derived from the Slavic word meaning "cold" or "frost".

Holod, 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 Holod surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Holod in America

Holod is the 102688th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Holod surname appeared 175 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 Holod.

We can also compare 2010 data for Holod 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.

20102000Change (%)
Rank102688960336.70%
Count175176-0.57%
Proportion per 100k0.060.07-15.38%

The history of the last name Holod

The surname Holod is of Ukrainian origin, derived from the Old Russian word "kholod," which means "cold." The name likely originated in the 12th or 13th century in the region of present-day Ukraine.

Holod was a descriptive surname given to individuals who lived in a particularly cold area or whose occupation involved working in cold environments, such as ice harvesters or those living in the northern regions of Ukraine.

One of the earliest recorded mentions of the surname Holod can be found in the Lviv Archeparchy Records from the late 16th century. These records document various individuals with the surname Holod residing in the city of Lviv and surrounding areas.

In the 17th century, the Holod surname appeared in the Cossack Registers of the Zaporizhian Host, which were military records of the Cossack warriors who played a significant role in the history of Ukraine.

A notable figure bearing the Holod surname was Dmytro Holod (1733-1792), a Ukrainian Cossack leader and military commander who fought against the Russian Empire during the Koliivshchyna uprising in the late 18th century.

Another prominent individual with the Holod surname was Vasyl Holod (1856-1920), a Ukrainian writer, playwright, and journalist who was active during the Ukrainian cultural renaissance in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

In the early 20th century, the surname Holod was also recorded in the village of Kholodne, located in the Chernihiv region of northern Ukraine. This village's name, which translates to "cold" in Ukrainian, likely had a direct connection to the origins of the Holod surname.

Other notable individuals with the Holod surname include Mykola Holod (1908-1975), a Ukrainian painter and art teacher who was part of the Kyiv School of Painting, and Larysa Holod (born 1944), a Ukrainian-American art historian and professor at Harvard University, known for her expertise in Islamic and Byzantine architecture.

While the surname Holod is predominantly found in Ukraine and among the Ukrainian diaspora, it has also been recorded in other Slavic countries, such as Russia and Poland, due to historical migration patterns and cultural exchanges between these regions.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Holod

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

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 Holod was:

Race/EthnicityPercentageTotal Occurrences
Non-Hispanic White Only95.43%167
Non-Hispanic Black Only(S)%(S)
Non-Hispanic Asian and Pacific Islander Only(S)%(S)
Non-Hispanic American Indian and Alaskan Native0.00%0
Non-Hispanic of Two or More Races0.00%0
Hispanic Origin2.86%5

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 Holod has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

20102000Change (%)
White95.43%97.73%-2.38%
Black(S)%(S)%(S)%
Asian and Pacific Islander(S)%0.00%(S)%
American Indian and Alaskan Native0.00%0.00%0.00%
Two or More Races0.00%0.00%0.00%
Hispanic2.86%(S)%(S)%

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 Holod was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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