Holdman

Various origins:

• Occupational surname for a servant, from Middle English hold (“loyal, faithful”) + man (“man”).
• Variant of the English surname Oldman.
• Variant of German Holdmann.

Holdman (countable and uncountable, plural Holdmans)

1. A surname.
2. An unincorporated community in Umatilla County, Oregon, United States.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Holdman is the 38801^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 569 individuals. Holdman is most common among White (64.85%) and Black/African American (29.35%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Holdman”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 192.