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    The surname Hilliard

    A surname, carried by 20,377 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex H463

    Hilliard: #1,756 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Hilliard #1,756, 20,377 people Hilliard: #1,756 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Hilliard #1,756, 20,377 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hilliard is more common than 98.9% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 20,377 people named Hilliard in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 15,152 Americans. That is up 4.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 19,564.

    #1,756
    rank among US surnames
    20,377
    people in 2010
    6.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.2%
    change since 2000 (was #1,675)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #1,747Leung20,49615,064
    #1,748Holliday20,49115,067
    #1,749Houser20,48415,073
    #1,750Bassett20,48215,074
    #1,751Thomason20,47815,077
    #1,752Sapp20,44815,099
    #1,753Tripp20,43415,109

    Who is named Hilliard

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

    65% of people named Hilliard identified as white (not Hispanic), 30% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 65%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 30%
    • Two or more races 2.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Hilliards

    7 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Nicholas Hilliard
      British artist (1547-1619)
    • Darrun Hilliard
      American basketball player (born 1993)
    • Ernest Hilliard
      American actor (1890-1947)
    • Anthony Hilliard
      American basketball player (born 1986)
    • Bob Hilliard
      American lyricist, 1918–1971
    • Earl F. Hilliard
      American politician, born 1942
    • Jacqueline Dalya
      American actress (1918-1980)

    Notable Hilliards come mostly from the United States (6) and the Kingdom of England (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Hilliard

    Hilliard has the Soundex code H463, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H463.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Hilliard?
    20,377 people in the United States had the surname Hilliard in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 15,152 Americans. It ranked 1,756th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Hilliard?
    In the 2010 Census, 65% of people named Hilliard identified as white (not Hispanic), and 30% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Hilliard?
    Nicholas Hilliard, British artist (1547-1619), followed by Darrun Hilliard.
    Where is the surname Hilliard most common?
    Wikidata records people named Hilliard in the United States and the Kingdom of England.
    Is the surname Hilliard getting more or less common?
    More common. 19,564 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 20,377 in 2010, up 4.2%.