How common is the surname Hildreth?

7,269 people in the United States had the surname Hildreth in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 42,474 Americans. It ranked 4,849th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Hildreth?

Richard Hildreth, American journalist (1807–1865), followed by Horace Hildreth.

Where is the surname Hildreth most common?

Wikidata records people named Hildreth in the United States.

Is the surname Hildreth getting more or less common?

Less common. 7,302 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,269 in 2010, down 0.5%.

The surname Hildreth

A surname, carried by 7,269 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H436

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hildreth is more common than 97% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 7,269 people named Hildreth in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 42,474 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 7,302.

#4,849

rank among US surnames

7,269

people in 2010

2.5

per 100,000 Americans

-0.5%

change since 2000 (was #4,468)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,843	Chi	7,273	42,451
#4,845	Sasser	7,272	42,457
#4,846	Sherry	7,271	42,463
#4,849	Hildreth	7,269	42,474

Who is named Hildreth

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

84% of people named Hildreth identified as white (not Hispanic), 10.0% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 84%
Black (not Hispanic) 10.0%
Two or more races 2.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Hildreths

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Richard Hildreth
American journalist (1807–1865)
Horace Hildreth
American politician, 59th Governor of Maine (1902–1988)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Hildreth

Hilderbrand

Hildreth has the Soundex code H436, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H436.

Questions

How common is the surname Hildreth?: 7,269 people in the United States had the surname Hildreth in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 42,474 Americans. It ranked 4,849th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hildreth?: In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Hildreth identified as white (not Hispanic), and 10.0% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Hildreth?: Richard Hildreth, American journalist (1807–1865), followed by Horace Hildreth.
Where is the surname Hildreth most common?: Wikidata records people named Hildreth in the United States.
Is the surname Hildreth getting more or less common?: Less common. 7,302 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,269 in 2010, down 0.5%.