# Hyslop (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/hyslop/  
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 Old English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,291 |
| US rank (2010) | 20,541 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 239,152 people |
| Change since 2000 | -0.8% (1,302 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Haslip, Hayslip, Hazelip, Heaslip, Heslep, Heslip, Hislop |

## Etymology

Scottish habitational surname from a lost or unidentified place, perhaps from Old English hæsel (“hazel”) + hop (“enclosed valley”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Hyslop 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) | 88% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 4.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.8% |
| Two or more races | 2.8% |

## Similar surnames

Hayslip, Heslop, Hislop, Haislip.

## 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.