How common is the surname Hilker?

1,187 people in the United States had the surname Hilker in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 260,106 Americans. It ranked 21,878th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Hilker?

In the 2010 Census, 98% of people named Hilker identified as white (not Hispanic), and 0.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Hilker getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,226 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,187 in 2010, down 3.2%.

The surname Hilker

A surname, carried by 1,187 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H426

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hilker is more common than 86.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,187 people named Hilker in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 260,106 Americans. That is down 3.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,226.

#21,878

rank among US surnames

1,187

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-3.2%

change since 2000 (was #20,204)

Who is named Hilker

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

98% of people named Hilker identified as white (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 98%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.9%
Two or more races 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

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 Hilker

Hilker 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 Hilker?: 1,187 people in the United States had the surname Hilker in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 260,106 Americans. It ranked 21,878th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hilker?: In the 2010 Census, 98% of people named Hilker identified as white (not Hispanic), and 0.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Hilker getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,226 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,187 in 2010, down 3.2%.