The surname Hilger
A surname, carried by 2,032 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex H426
Origin
A surname.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 2,032 people named Hilger in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 151,942 Americans. That is up 7.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,884.
#14,643
rank among US surnames
2,032
people in 2010
0.7
per 100,000 Americans
+7.9%
change since 2000 (was #14,503)
Who is named Hilger
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
94% of people named Hilger identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.
- White (not Hispanic) 94%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
- Two or more races 1.4%
- Black (not Hispanic) 1.3%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Hilger has the Soundex code H426, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H426.
Questions
- How common is the surname Hilger?
- 2,032 people in the United States had the surname Hilger in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 151,942 Americans. It ranked 14,643rd of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Hilger?
- In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Hilger identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- Is the surname Hilger getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,884 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,032 in 2010, up 7.9%.