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There are approximately 5,047 people named Holroyd in the UK. That makes it the 2,085th most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 80 are named Holroyd.

Region of origin

British Isles

Country of origin

England

Language of origin

English

Religion of origin

Christian

Classification

English
Location or Geographical Feature

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The Holroyd surname in historical dictionaries

Patronymica Britannica (1860)

HOLROYD. A local name. (See royd.) The place is probably in the W. Biding of Yorkshire, where William de Howroyde or Holroyd, the Earl of Sheffield's ancestor, flourished tem). Edw. I.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.

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