The surname Hyland
An English place surname, carried by 7,862 people in the United States.
Pronounced /ˈhaɪ.lənd/ 2 syllables Soundex H453
Origin
English origin
Two main origins: * A Scottish and English topographic surname, from Old English hēah (“high”) or hīeġ (“hay”) + land (“land”). * A reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó hAoileáin, a variant of Ó Faoláin, from which Whelan.
Hyland is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 7,862 people named Hyland in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 39,271 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 7,850.
Who is named Hyland
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
91% of people named Hyland identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 3.2% as Black (not Hispanic).
- White (not Hispanic) 91%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.4%
- Black (not Hispanic) 3.2%
- Two or more races 1.6%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
Famous Hylands
6 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Sarah HylandAmerican actress and singer (born 1990)
- Brian HylandAmerican pop singer, born 1943
- Diana HylandAmerican actress (1936–1977)
- Bones HylandAmerican basketball player (born 2000)
- Richard HylandAmerican rugby union player (1900-1981)
- Francis Edward HylandAmerican Roman-Catholic bishop, 1901–1968
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Hyland has the Soundex code H453, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H453.
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Questions
- Where does the surname Hyland come from?
- Two main origins: * A Scottish and English topographic surname, from Old English hēah (“high”) or hīeġ (“hay”) + land (“land”). * A reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó hAoileáin, a variant of Ó Faoláin, from which Whelan.
- How common is the surname Hyland?
- 7,862 people in the United States had the surname Hyland in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 39,271 Americans. It ranked 4,512th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Hyland?
- In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Hyland identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- Who is the most famous person named Hyland?
- Sarah Hyland, American actress and singer (born 1990), followed by Brian Hyland.
- Where is the surname Hyland most common?
- Wikidata records people named Hyland in the United States.
- How do you pronounce Hyland?
- Hyland is /ˈhaɪ.lənd/, 2 syllables.
- What type of surname is Hyland?
- Hyland is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
- Is the surname Hyland getting more or less common?
- More common. 7,850 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,862 in 2010, up 0.2%.