Hilferty Surname

504,985th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 650 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Scotland

Hilferty Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Hilferty Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5481:661,42152,894
Scotland391:137,2778,372
England221:2,532,63991,802
Ireland171:276,9969,887
Canada101:3,684,559191,443
Australia61:4,499,284146,780
Philippines51:20,247,645262,352
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland271:164,0698,499
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland141:267,3738,913
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States591:851,16452,255

Hilferty Last Name Facts

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

Hilferty is more frequently found in The United States than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Hilferty click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Hilferty? popularity and diffusion

The last name Hilferty is the 504,985th most frequent surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 11,211,609 people. The surname Hilferty occurs mostly in The Americas, where 86 percent of Hilferty live; 86 percent live in North America and 86 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The last name Hilferty is most numerous in The United States, where it is held by 548 people, or 1 in 661,421. In The United States Hilferty is primarily concentrated in: Pennsylvania, where 43 percent live, New Jersey, where 9 percent live and Colorado, where 5 percent live. Excluding The United States it exists in 8 countries. It is also found in Scotland, where 6 percent live and England, where 3 percent live.

Hilferty Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Hilferty has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Hilferty last name grew 929 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 279 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it fell 37 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Hilferty Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the last name is primarily Catholic (96%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Hilferty surname are 10.46% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 57.23% being registered with the party.

The amount Hilferty earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 18.49% more than the national average, earning $51,127 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.99% less than the national average, earning $47,204 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Heilferty9432/
Hillferty941/
Helferty88379/
Hilfirty8816/
Hilfrety881/
Hilfarty880/
Helfrety750/
Healfarty710/
Elferte6716/
Elfertit634/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
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  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Hilferty
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