# Hiller (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/hiller/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 10,546 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,387 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 29,276 people |
| Change since 2000 | +16% (9,063 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From hill + -er, given to people who lived by a hill.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Hiller in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 87% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 8.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Hiller in the United States.

## People named Hiller

- Jeff Hiller, American actor
- Susan Hiller, American/British conceptual artist
- Lejaren Hiller, American composer, music theorist and chemist

## Similar surnames

Heller, Haller, Holler, Hilario, Hillier, Hollier, Hillery, Hilaire, Hiler, Hyler, Hillary, Hillyer.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.