# Hillock (surname)

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

A surname from Middle English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 621 |
| US rank (2010) | 36,099 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 497,175 people |
| Change since 2000 | -21.7% (793 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Middle English hillok (“hillock”), a topographic surname for someone who lived near or on a hillock.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Hillock 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) | 95% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.0% |

## Similar surnames

Hallock, Hills, Hillis, Hillhouse, Hollis, Hulsey, Hales, Halsey, Hulse, Hiles, Holz, Howells.

## 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.