# Hills (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/hills/  
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 | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 13,829 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,608 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 22,326 people |
| Change since 2000 | +7.5% (12,867 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /hɪlz/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | Hillis |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Hills 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) | 64% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 30% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 2.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Hills in the United States.

## People named Hills

- Carla Anderson Hills, American lawyer and Secretary of Housing
- Ralph Hills, American shot putter (1902-1977)
- Laura Coombs Hills, American painter (1859–1952)
- Jack G. Hills, American astronomer
- Danja, American record producer and songwriter from Virginia

## Similar surnames

Hollis, Hillis, Hiles, Halls, Hallisey, Hillhouse, Hillock, Hulsey, Hales, Halsey, Hulse, Hallock.

## 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.