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    The surname Hillen

    A surname, carried by 1,476 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex H450

    Hillen: #18,640 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Hillen #18,640, 1,476 people Hillen: #18,640 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Hillen #18,640, 1,476 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hillen is more common than 88.5% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,476 people named Hillen in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 209,177 Americans. That is up 28% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,152.

    #18,640
    rank among US surnames
    1,476
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +28.1%
    change since 2000 (was #21,230)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #18,633Cuyler1,477209,036
    #18,640Nees1,476209,177
    #18,648Spafford1,475209,319

    Who is named Hillen

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

    91% of people named Hillen identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.5% as two or more races and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 91%
    • Two or more races 3.5%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.6%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.1%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Hillens

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Jack Hillen
      American ice hockey player, born 1986

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Hillen

    Hillen has the Soundex code H450, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H450.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Hillen?
    1,476 people in the United States had the surname Hillen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 209,177 Americans. It ranked 18,640th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Hillen?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Hillen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.5% as two or more races.
    Who is the most famous person named Hillen?
    Jack Hillen, American ice hockey player.
    Where is the surname Hillen most common?
    Wikidata records people named Hillen in the United States.
    Is the surname Hillen getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,152 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,476 in 2010, up 28%.