Where does the surname Hildebrandt come from?

Hildebrandt is German in origin.

How common is the surname Hildebrandt?

5,448 people in the United States had the surname Hildebrandt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 56,671 Americans. It ranked 6,273rd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Hildebrandt?

Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt, Austrian architect (1668-1745), followed by Sarah Hildebrandt.

Where is the surname Hildebrandt most common?

Wikidata records people named Hildebrandt in Austria and the United States.

Is the surname Hildebrandt getting more or less common?

More common. 5,176 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,448 in 2010, up 5.3%.

The surname Hildebrandt

A German surname, carried by 5,448 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex H431

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hildebrandt is more common than 96.1% of them.

Origin

German origin

A surname from German.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,448 people named Hildebrandt in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 56,671 Americans. That is up 5.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,176.

#6,273

rank among US surnames

5,448

people in 2010

1.9

per 100,000 Americans

+5.3%

change since 2000 (was #6,110)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,268	Cawley	5,451	56,640
#6,269	McCulley	5,450	56,651
#6,271	Lowder	5,449	56,661
#6,273	Senn	5,448	56,671
#6,275	Awad	5,446	56,692

Who is named Hildebrandt

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

95% of people named Hildebrandt identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 1.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Hildebrandts

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt
Austrian architect (1668-1745)
Sarah Hildebrandt
American wrestler (born 1993)

Notable Hildebrandts come mostly from Austria (1) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Hildebrant

Surnames that sound like Hildebrandt

Hildebrandt has the Soundex code H431, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H431.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Hildebrandt come from?: Hildebrandt is German in origin.
How common is the surname Hildebrandt?: 5,448 people in the United States had the surname Hildebrandt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 56,671 Americans. It ranked 6,273rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hildebrandt?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Hildebrandt identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Hildebrandt?: Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt, Austrian architect (1668-1745), followed by Sarah Hildebrandt.
Where is the surname Hildebrandt most common?: Wikidata records people named Hildebrandt in Austria and the United States.
Is the surname Hildebrandt getting more or less common?: More common. 5,176 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,448 in 2010, up 5.3%.
What are other spellings of Hildebrandt?: Hildebrant.