Hildebrandt Surname

11,626th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 48,342 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Hildebrandt Surname Definition:

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

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Hildebrandt Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany32,8751:2,449232
United States7,1041:51,0226,157
Canada2,9611:12,4441,840
Poland1,5911:23,8903,644
Denmark6431:8,779808
Argentina4591:93,1237,857
Brazil4531:472,57017,878
Australia3981:67,8288,074
Mexico2411:515,0469,128
South Africa2181:248,52225,292
France1781:373,16155,519
Peru1781:178,5628,729
Switzerland1771:46,4016,308
Paraguay1271:56,9821,584
Norway1141:45,1086,444
England1001:557,18134,216
Austria911:93,57613,671
Sweden801:123,0848,745
Spain551:850,03734,138
Chile441:400,37410,831
Netherlands411:411,88242,990
Thailand351:2,018,238239,646
Czechia291:366,67143,532
Wales171:182,03112,022
Scotland161:334,61415,044
Russia91:16,013,673414,297
United Arab Emirates91:1,018,03036,884
Kazakhstan81:2,210,31295,036
Philippines61:16,873,037249,062
Italy61:10,192,781121,657
Malaysia61:4,915,704170,578
Belgium51:2,299,329106,824
Hong Kong41:1,833,8716,220
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
China41:341,830,39216,990
Japan31:42,614,76459,022
Croatia31:1,409,53570,997
Venezuela31:10,068,02660,591
Finland31:1,832,23457,803
Bolivia21:5,308,21712,400
Turkey21:38,910,711171,901
New Zealand21:2,264,16249,210
Luxembourg21:290,2718,611
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Ukraine21:22,761,348425,733
Kosovo11:1,861,86914,990
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Seychelles11:92,3931,532
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Turks and Caicos Islands11:34,329862
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Grenada11:108,5351,793
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Belize11:355,4743,977
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England91:2,708,37473,770
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States7131:70,4337,598

Hildebrandt (70) may also be a first name.

Hildebrandt Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

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

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

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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Hildebrandt Last Name Facts

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

The last name Hildebrandt (Georgian: ჰილდებრანდტ) is found in Germany more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Hildebrandt? popularity and diffusion

The surname Hildebrandt is the 11,626th most commonly used family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 150,750 people. Hildebrandt is mostly found in Europe, where 75 percent of Hildebrandt live; 69 percent live in Western Europe and 69 percent live in Germanic Europe. It is also the 1,162,016th most widely held given name worldwide, held by 70 people.

The last name Hildebrandt is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is borne by 32,875 people, or 1 in 2,449. In Germany it is most frequent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 18 percent live, Lower Saxony, where 16 percent live and Berlin, where 8 percent live. Apart from Germany this last name exists in 75 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 15 percent live and Canada, where 6 percent live.

Hildebrandt Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Hildebrandt has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Hildebrandt last name increased 996 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 1,111 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Hildebrandt Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Hildebrandt surname are 10.45% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 57.22% being registered with the political party.

The amount Hildebrandt earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 0.12% less than the national average, earning 345,678 kr per year; in Peru they earn 190.27% more than the national average, earning S/. 56,268 per year; in South Africa they earn 60.37% more than the national average, earning R 381,096 per year; in United States they earn 8.94% more than the national average, earning $47,005 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.8% less than the national average, earning $46,802 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Hildebrandt Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Hildebrandt in the Georgian language
ჰილდებრანდტhildebrandt-

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