Hillegas Surname

301,673rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,259 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Hillegas Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Hillegas Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,2521:289,50426,878
Chile21:8,808,23765,417
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States971:517,71836,097

Hillegas Last Name Facts

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

The surname Hillegas is found most frequently in The United States. It may also be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Hillegas? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 301,673rd most commonly held last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 5,788,361 people. This surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Hillegas reside; 100 percent reside in North America and 100 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most commonly used in The United States, where it is borne by 1,252 people, or 1 in 289,504. In The United States Hillegas is most common in: Pennsylvania, where 36 percent are found, Florida, where 7 percent are found and Maryland, where 6 percent are found. Not including The United States it exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Chile, where 0 percent are found and Argentina, where 0 percent are found.

Hillegas Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Hillegas has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Hillegas last name grew 1,291 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Hillegas Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Hillegas surname are 41.26% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 94.49% registered with the party.

Hillegas earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 7.43% less than the national average, earning $39,942 USD per year.

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Hillegas Reference & Research

Hillegas DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.

Hillegas FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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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
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • 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 Hillegas
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis