Holston Family History
Holston Name Meaning
English: probably a variant of Halston, which is partly
a habitational name from Halston in Shropshire, possibly named with
the Old English personal name Ealh + tun
‘settlement’, and partly derived from the Old Norse personal name
Halsteinn. Alternatively, it may perhaps be a habitational name
from Holstone in County Durham, so named from Old English hol
‘hollow’ + stan ‘stone’. 1881 census has 4, Sussex; UK
7.Possibly an Americanized form of Holstein.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Holston Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Holston families
 25 - 48  9 - 24 |
 1 - 8  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Holston families
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28 - 53 10 - 27 |
1 - 9 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Holston families
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3 - 3 2 - 2 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Holston Family Origin
Holston Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Holston
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Holston Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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