Hillebrand Surname

30,601st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17,444 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Hillebrand Surname Definition:

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

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Hillebrand Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany11,4641:7,022871
United States1,9721:183,80318,329
Netherlands1,2171:13,8762,057
Austria9071:9,3891,226
Italy4131:148,07923,229
Brazil3391:631,48823,421
South Africa2151:251,98925,579
Argentina1741:245,65219,922
Australia1191:226,85521,510
Canada761:484,81041,569
Thailand681:1,038,799157,648
Switzerland601:136,88213,375
Czechia591:180,22826,726
France551:1,207,686126,065
Finland531:103,71110,499
Denmark481:117,59810,848
Poland321:1,187,77377,523
Hungary291:338,49224,545
England281:1,989,93178,001
Paraguay211:344,6075,239
New Zealand201:226,41621,878
Sweden171:579,22142,433
Belgium151:766,44363,354
United Arab Emirates61:1,527,04651,993
Wales41:773,63329,106
China31:455,773,85521,925
Spain31:15,584,012120,866
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
Chile21:8,808,23765,417
Bulgaria21:3,489,45264,958
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Kosovo11:1,861,86914,990
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Belize11:355,4743,977
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England71:3,482,19689,582
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1721:291,96923,310

Hillebrand (230) may also be a first name.

Hillebrand Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

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

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

User-submitted Reference

The name Hillebrand is the Low Saxon dialect name for Hildebrand (Old German word, meaning is sword - (brand) hild - fight. More can be found here.

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Hillebrand Last Name Facts

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

The surname Hillebrand (Arabic: هيلبراند) occurs more in Germany more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Hillebrand? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 30,601st most commonly held surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 417,768 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 83 percent of Hillebrand live; 79 percent live in Western Europe and 78 percent live in Germanic Europe. Hillebrand is also the 591,855th most commonly held first name at a global level It is held by 230 people.

The last name Hillebrand is most widespread in Germany, where it is held by 11,464 people, or 1 in 7,022. In Germany it is most numerous in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 55 percent reside, Bavaria, where 12 percent reside and Lower Saxony, where 10 percent reside. Not including Germany it exists in 48 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 11 percent reside and The Netherlands, where 7 percent reside.

Hillebrand Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Hillebrand has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Hillebrand surname expanded 1,147 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 400 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Hillebrand Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Hillebrand surname are 19.9% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 66.67% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Hillebrand earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 23.27% more than the national average, earning R 292,944 per year; in United States they earn 11.4% more than the national average, earning $48,070 USD per year and in Canada they earn 30.85% more than the national average, earning $65,010 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Hillebrand Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Hillebrand in the Arabic language
هيلبراندhylbrand-

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