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Hole Ranking

the United States, the name Hole is the 13,037th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1


Hole migration to the United States +



Hole Settlers in United States in the 17th Century
  • Richard Hole, who arrived in Virginia in 1638 3
  • Thomas Hole, who landed in Virginia in 1652 3
Hole Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
  • Henry Hole, who arrived in New England in 1750 3
Hole Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Jacob Hole, who landed in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pennsylvania in 1850 3
  • Abel Hole, who landed in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pennsylvania in 1871 3
  • Anders A. Hole, aged 21, who landed in America, in 1895
Hole Settlers in United States in the 20th Century
  • Anna S. Hole, aged 33, who settled in America, in 1902
  • Ann Lescy Hole, aged 24, who immigrated to the United States from Newton Heath, in 1903
  • Caroline Hole, aged 33, who landed in America, in 1907
  • Albert Hole, aged 29, who landed in America from Walham Abbey, England, in 1908
  • Alice Hole, aged 32, who settled in America from Walham Abbey, England, in 1908
  • ... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Hole migration to Australia +

Emigration to Australia included the Second Fleet of convicts, tradespeople and early settlers. Early immigrants include:

Second Fleet
  • Mr. William Hole, British settler convicted in Lancashire, England in 1789, sentenced to 7 years for stealing, transported aboard the ship "Admiral Barrington" leaving in 1790 arriving in New South Wales, Australia in 1791 2

Contemporary Notables of the name Hole (post 1700) +

  • Michael "Mike" Hole Hole (1941-1976), British-born American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey
  • William Edward Hole, American Republican politician, Alternate Delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1948 4
  • Tom Blake Hole, American Democratic Party politician, Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1952 5
  • Martin Hole (1959-2024), Norwegian cross-country skier, he competed at the 1988 Winter Olympics
  • Very Rev Canon Derek Norman Hole (1933-2021), British Church of England priest who spent most of his long career living and ministering in Leicestershire
  • Richard Hole (1746-1803), English poet and antiquary, the son of William Hole, archdeacon of Barnstaple and canon of Exeter Cathedral, who died in 1791 5
  • William Brassey Hole RSA (1846-1917), English artist, illustrator, etcher and engraver
  • Lois Elsa Hole CM, AOE (1929-2005), Canadian politician and author, 15th Lieutenant Governor of Alberta
  • Barrington Gerard "Barrie" Hole (b. 1942), Welsh international footballer


  1. "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
  2. Convict Records of Australia. Retrieved 4th February 2021 from https://convictrecords.com.au/ships
  3. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
  4. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 26) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
  5. Wikisource contributors. "Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900." Wikisource . Wikisource , 4 Jun. 2018. Web. 4 August 2020


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