How common is the surname Hillier?

3,079 people in the United States had the surname Hillier in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 100,275 Americans. It ranked 10,448th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Hillier?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Hillier identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Hillier getting more or less common?

More common. 2,783 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,079 in 2010, up 11%.

The surname Hillier

An occupational surname, carried by 3,079 people in the United States.

3 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). Hillier is more common than 93.6% of them.

Origin

* As an English occupational surname for a roofer, from the noun hellier (“one who heles, thatches”). * As a French surname, from the personal name Hillier, vernacular form of Hilaire.

Hillier is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,079 people named Hillier in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 100,275 Americans. That is up 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,783.

#10,448

rank among US surnames

3,079

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+10.6%

change since 2000 (was #10,578)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,440	Haslam	3,081	100,210
#10,445	Postell	3,080	100,242
#10,448	Hillier	3,079	100,275
#10,450	Riffe	3,078	100,307
#10,451	Edgington	3,077	100,340
#10,453	Mellen	3,076	100,372

Who is named Hillier

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

94% of people named Hillier identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Hillier

Hillier 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 Hillier come from?: * As an English occupational surname for a roofer, from the noun hellier (“one who heles, thatches”). * As a French surname, from the personal name Hillier, vernacular form of Hilaire.
How common is the surname Hillier?: 3,079 people in the United States had the surname Hillier in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 100,275 Americans. It ranked 10,448th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hillier?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Hillier identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
What type of surname is Hillier?: Hillier is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Hillier getting more or less common?: More common. 2,783 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,079 in 2010, up 11%.