The surname Hillegass
A German surname, carried by 1,001 people in the United States.
3 syllables Soundex H422
Origin
German origin
Borrowed from German Hillegass.
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 1,001 people named Hillegass in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 308,437 Americans. That is up 4.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 955.
Who is named Hillegass
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
96% of people named Hillegass identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as two or more races and 1.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 96%
- Two or more races 1.6%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.1%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Variant spellings
- Hillegas
- Hilligoss
Hillegass has the Soundex code H422, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H422.
Other German surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Hillegass come from?
- Borrowed from German Hillegass.
- How common is the surname Hillegass?
- 1,001 people in the United States had the surname Hillegass in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 308,437 Americans. It ranked 24,855th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Hillegass?
- In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Hillegass identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as two or more races.
- Is the surname Hillegass getting more or less common?
- More common. 955 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,001 in 2010, up 4.8%.
- What are other spellings of Hillegass?
- Hillegas and Hilligoss.