How common is the surname Hilty?

3,037 people in the United States had the surname Hilty in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 101,661 Americans. It ranked 10,553rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Hilty?

In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Hilty identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Hilty?

Megan Hilty, American musical theatre actress.

Where is the surname Hilty most common?

Wikidata records people named Hilty in the United States.

Is the surname Hilty getting more or less common?

More common. 2,382 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,037 in 2010, up 28%.

The surname Hilty

A surname, carried by 3,037 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H430

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hilty is more common than 93.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,037 people named Hilty in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 101,661 Americans. That is up 28% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,382.

#10,553

rank among US surnames

3,037

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+27.5%

change since 2000 (was #12,032)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,547	Garrick	3,040	101,561
#10,548	Wilkin	3,039	101,594
#10,552	Basler	3,038	101,628
#10,553	Hilty	3,037	101,661
#10,555	Magness	3,036	101,695
#10,560	Biggerstaff	3,035	101,728

Who is named Hilty

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

97% of people named Hilty identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 97%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
Two or more races 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Hiltys

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Megan Hilty
American musical theatre actress, born 1981

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Hilty

Hilty has the Soundex code H430, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H430.

Questions

How common is the surname Hilty?: 3,037 people in the United States had the surname Hilty in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 101,661 Americans. It ranked 10,553rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hilty?: In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Hilty identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Hilty?: Megan Hilty, American musical theatre actress.
Where is the surname Hilty most common?: Wikidata records people named Hilty in the United States.
Is the surname Hilty getting more or less common?: More common. 2,382 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,037 in 2010, up 28%.