Skip to content
  • Start your family tree

Origins of the Holliday surname

A collage of historical images including two family portraits and a postcard of people boarding a ship

About the Hollidays

We have a total number of 51732 records for people with the last name Holliday.

Find out more about your family in our records

or try an advanced search

“

I’ve managed to trace back to the mid-1500s! I can’t believe it! Utterly engrossing and I have uncovered some quite moving and heartbreaking stories attached to various ancestors. You don’t need any qualifications to start - just time patience, and some information.

SS
Stuart
TrustPilot review
1 of 3

Start your family tree

Trace your family back in time. Make new discoveries and see what other Findmypast family historians in our genealogy community have discovered about the Hollidays.

Sign up to get started

Delve deeper into the Holliday family's history

Where do most Hollidays live?

In 1921, most Hollidays lived in Yorkshire.


Census records trace your ancestors through each generation, so you can follow where your relatives lived through each decade.

Interesting facts about Hollidays

How common is your surname?

You have a rare surname! It's not in the top 1000 UK surnames!

We have 45,500 records for the Holliday surname. The oldest one dates back to 1538.

Who were Hollidays most likely to marry?

Our Marriage record sets tell us which families married Hollidays.

What are the most common Holliday first names?

  • John
  • William
  • Mary
  • Elizabeth

Our birth record sets tell us the names of Holliday family members

Common jobs for Hollidays

Men and women often performed different types of jobs, so these are displayed by gender to maintain their historical accuracy.

Common Female occupations for Hollidays in 1921
Dressmaker

191

Domestic Servant

126

General Servant Domestic

99

Laundress

94

House Servant

86

Common Male occupations for Hollidays in 1921
Farmer

206

Agricultural Labourer

194

Coal Miner

185

Joiner

112

General Labourer

109

An image of a census transcript and a picture of a dairy farmer holding two milk jugs

Census records provide incredible detail on names, ages, marital statuses, occupations and more.

We found over 61,000 family trees with the Holliday surname

Trace your family back in time and see what other Findmypast family historians in our genealogy community have discovered about the Hollidays.

Search for a relative in our family trees

Share your discoveries

Start your family history journey

Start free trial

Start free trial