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    The surname Hills

    A surname, carried by 13,829 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /hɪlz/ 1 syllable Soundex H420

    Hills: #2,608 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Hills #2,608, 13,829 people Hills: #2,608 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Hills #2,608, 13,829 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hills is more common than 98.4% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 13,829 people named Hills in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 22,326 Americans. That is up 7.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 12,867.

    #2,608
    rank among US surnames
    13,829
    people in 2010
    4.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +7.5%
    change since 2000 (was #2,589)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,599Branham13,87222,257
    #2,600Grier13,86822,263
    #2,601Pfeiffer13,85122,290
    #2,602Whipple13,85022,292
    #2,604Strauss13,84022,308
    #2,605Braswell13,83822,311
    #2,606Heaton13,83422,318

    Who is named Hills

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

    64% of people named Hills identified as white (not Hispanic), 30% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 64%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 30%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
    • Two or more races 2.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Hillss

    5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Carla Anderson Hills
      American lawyer and Secretary of Housing, born 1934
    • Ralph Hills
      American shot putter (1902-1977)
    • Laura Coombs Hills
      American painter (1859–1952)
    • Jack G. Hills
      American astronomer, born 1943
    • Danja
      American record producer and songwriter from Virginia, born 1982

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Hills

    Hills has the Soundex code H420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H420.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Hills?
    13,829 people in the United States had the surname Hills in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 22,326 Americans. It ranked 2,608th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Hills?
    In the 2010 Census, 64% of people named Hills identified as white (not Hispanic), and 30% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Hills?
    Carla Anderson Hills, American lawyer and Secretary of Housing, followed by Ralph Hills.
    Where is the surname Hills most common?
    Wikidata records people named Hills in the United States.
    How do you pronounce Hills?
    Hills is /hɪlz/, one syllable.
    Is the surname Hills getting more or less common?
    More common. 12,867 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 13,829 in 2010, up 7.5%.
    What are other spellings of Hills?
    Hillis.