How common is the surname Hiller?

10,546 people in the United States had the surname Hiller in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 29,276 Americans. It ranked 3,387th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Hiller?

Jeff Hiller, American actor, followed by Susan Hiller.

Where is the surname Hiller most common?

Wikidata records people named Hiller in the United States.

Is the surname Hiller getting more or less common?

More common. 9,063 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,546 in 2010, up 16%.

The surname Hiller

A place surname, carried by 10,546 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H460

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hiller is more common than 97.9% of them.

Origin

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

Hiller is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 10,546 people named Hiller in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 29,276 Americans. That is up 16% since 2000, when the Census counted 9,063.

#3,387

rank among US surnames

10,546

people in 2010

3.6

per 100,000 Americans

+16.4%

change since 2000 (was #3,601)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,378	Terrazas	10,569	29,212
#3,379	Ahn	10,567	29,218
#3,380	McIntire	10,566	29,221
#3,381	Pullen	10,565	29,223
#3,382	Phelan	10,562	29,232
#3,383	Charlton	10,555	29,251
#3,385	Vail	10,554	29,254

Who is named Hiller

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

87% of people named Hiller identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.0% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Hillers

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jeff Hiller
American actor
Susan Hiller
American/British conceptual artist, 1940–2019
Lejaren Hiller
American composer, music theorist and chemist, 1924–1994

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Hiller

Hiller has the Soundex code H460, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H460.

Questions

Where does the surname Hiller come from?: From hill + -er, given to people who lived by a hill.
How common is the surname Hiller?: 10,546 people in the United States had the surname Hiller in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 29,276 Americans. It ranked 3,387th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hiller?: In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Hiller identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.0% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Hiller?: Jeff Hiller, American actor, followed by Susan Hiller.
Where is the surname Hiller most common?: Wikidata records people named Hiller in the United States.
What type of surname is Hiller?: Hiller is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Hiller getting more or less common?: More common. 9,063 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,546 in 2010, up 16%.