Hildebrand Surname

13,801st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 40,410 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Germany

Hildebrand Surname Definition:

(Teutonic) War-Brand [Old Teutonic hild, war + brand, a brand, sword] The Archdeacon Hildebrand, afterwards Gregory VII, showed himself favourable beyond others to the interests of the Duke [William] in the expectation of increasing the influence of the Church of Rome in England.

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Hildebrand Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States15,4711:23,4282,942
Germany15,3031:5,261631
Canada4,6171:7,9801,174
Brazil8101:264,28910,180
Australia5051:53,4576,596
Sweden4231:23,2781,901
South Africa4141:130,86415,308
Switzerland3861:21,2773,399
Poland3731:101,90015,525
Netherlands3631:46,5217,918
France2511:264,63240,776
Austria1941:43,8947,032
Denmark1841:30,6783,179
Paraguay1401:51,6911,478
England1341:415,80628,295
Mexico1291:962,21912,860
Argentina991:431,75232,722
Guatemala681:236,5104,065
Czechia601:177,22426,394
Norway511:100,82913,689
Thailand381:1,858,904228,660
Romania381:528,36539,789
Belgium291:396,43641,978
Estonia271:48,9569,235
New Zealand241:188,68019,801
Spain191:2,460,63358,585
Qatar191:124,10514,725
Zimbabwe181:857,68057,134
Rwanda161:710,3112,071
Ireland161:294,30910,207
Hungary151:654,41837,235
United Arab Emirates141:654,44824,061
Belize141:25,3911,935
Singapore131:423,66918,211
Scotland111:486,71119,179
Finland101:549,67032,186
Croatia101:422,86035,095
Israel71:1,222,51968,299
Russia61:24,020,509493,300
China51:273,464,31313,838
Indonesia41:33,062,298643,618
Kazakhstan41:4,420,624134,293
Italy41:15,289,172132,955
Northern Ireland41:461,25916,615
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Japan31:42,614,76459,022
Venezuela31:10,068,02660,591
Turkey31:25,940,474162,557
Tanzania31:17,647,204107,932
Taiwan31:7,814,91541,694
Chile31:5,872,15852,204
Slovakia31:1,778,817104,392
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
Peru31:10,594,70845,902
Luxembourg31:193,5147,046
Panama21:1,956,12915,285
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
Bulgaria21:3,489,45264,958
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Gabon11:1,889,1946,814
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Iceland11:380,09011,096
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Bermuda11:65,2793,010
Fiji11:894,3914,568
Gibraltar11:33,9541,660
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Greenland11:56,3791,133
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland261:170,3798,688
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England551:443,18925,511
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,8461:17,6452,250

Hildebrand (701) may also be a first name.

Hildebrand Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Teutonic) War-Brand [Old Teutonic hild, war + brand, a brand, sword] The Archdeacon Hildebrand, afterwards Gregory VII, showed himself favourable beyond others to the interests of the Duke [William] in the expectation of increasing the influence of the Church of Rome in England.—Lappenberg-Thorpe, Anglo-Saxon Kings, ii. 351.

Hildebrand occurs in Domesday Book and the Hundred Rolls

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English, German) Descendant of Hildebrand (battle, sword).

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

The personal name.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

N. Heldebrant occurs in Norm. 1180 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae); the name occurs in Engl. c. 1272 (Rotuli Hundredorum).

The Norman People (1874)

User-submitted Reference

The name "Hildenbrand" is common in German-speaking countries. Its an old germanic name, coming from the word "hiltja" or "hild" meaning Battle or Fight, and "brand" meaning fire or blaze, but can it can also mean sword (or flaming sword).

The name was made popular by the "Hildebrandslied", a heroic epic poem from the 5th century.

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Hildebrand Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Hildebrand Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Hildebrand occurs in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Hildebrand? popularity and diffusion

The surname Hildebrand is the 13,801st most commonly held surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 180,340 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 47 percent of Hildebrand are found; 44 percent are found in North America and 44 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 312,128th most commonly used given name internationally. It is borne by 701 people.

It is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 15,471 people, or 1 in 23,428. In The United States Hildebrand is mostly concentrated in: California, where 11 percent live, Texas, where 7 percent live and Ohio, where 6 percent live. Aside from The United States this surname exists in 85 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 38 percent live and Canada, where 11 percent live.

Hildebrand Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Hildebrand has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Hildebrand surname expanded 544 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 244 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it contracted 38 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Hildebrand Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the surname is primarily Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Hildebrand last name are 19.66% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 66.43% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Hildebrand earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 18.7% less than the national average, earning 281,378 kr per year; in Peru they earn 888.24% more than the national average, earning S/. 191,570 per year; in South Africa they earn 71.9% more than the national average, earning R 408,492 per year; in United States they earn 3.41% more than the national average, earning $44,619 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.29% less than the national average, earning $45,566 CAD per year.

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