Hildesheim Surname

695,980th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 424 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Israel

Hildesheim Surname Definition:

(from a place name) From Hildesheim, a town in Hannover, Germany.

Hildesheim Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1691:476,36441,414
United States1201:3,020,491176,226
Israel671:127,72613,864
Belgium201:574,83253,219
Netherlands201:844,35960,801
Hungary81:1,227,03553,030
Canada81:4,605,699220,704
Czechia31:3,544,490144,714
England21:27,859,030389,889
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
France11:66,422,722504,397
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Suriname11:552,6169,664
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England101:2,437,53768,340
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States151:3,347,912150,340

Hildesheim Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(from a place name) From Hildesheim, a town in Hannover, Germany.

— Rabbi Benzion Kaganoff

Hildesheim Last Name Facts

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

Hildesheim is found in Germany more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Hildesheim? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 695,980th most frequently occurring family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 17,187,608 people. It is predominantly found in Europe, where 53 percent of Hildesheim are found; 50 percent are found in Western Europe and 45 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

It is most commonly used in Germany, where it is held by 169 people, or 1 in 476,364. In Germany it is mostly concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 30 percent reside, Thuringia, where 23 percent reside and Lower Saxony, where 16 percent reside. Besides Germany this surname exists in 14 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 28 percent reside and Israel, where 16 percent reside.

Hildesheim Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Hildesheim has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Hildesheim surname expanded 800 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it decreased 80 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Hildesheim Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Hildesheim surname are 24.2% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 70.97% registered with the party.

Hildesheim earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 0.82% more than the national average, earning $43,502 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hildeshim955/
Hildeshem953/
Hildeesheim952/
Hilldesheim951/
Hildescheim951/
Hildeseim950/
Hildeshaim9036/
Hildisheim908/
Hildeshiem903/
Hildesham841/
Eldisim591/
Yildizim564/

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Footnotes

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Hildesheim
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