How common is the surname Hild?

1,779 people in the United States had the surname Hild in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 173,550 Americans. It ranked 16,228th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Hild?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Hild identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Hild getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,872 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,779 in 2010, down 5.0%.

The surname Hild

A surname, carried by 1,779 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex H430

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hild is more common than 90% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,779 people named Hild in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 173,550 Americans. That is down 5.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,872.

#16,228

rank among US surnames

1,779

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

-5%

change since 2000 (was #14,581)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,219	Stennett	1,780	173,453
#16,228	Thiede	1,779	173,550

Who is named Hild

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

92% of people named Hild identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.6%
Two or more races 1.5%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Hild

Hild has the Soundex code H430, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H430.

Questions

How common is the surname Hild?: 1,779 people in the United States had the surname Hild in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 173,550 Americans. It ranked 16,228th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hild?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Hild identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Hild getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,872 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,779 in 2010, down 5.0%.