Hiller Surname
Approximately 37,612 people bear this surname
Hiller Surname Definition:
i) Occup.'the hiller' or 'hillyer,' a roofer, a tiler, a slater (v. Hillier); compare lower and lawyer, sawer and sawyer, bower and bowyer. A Yorkshire form. The American directories contain a much larger number of Hillers than the English, but most of them are of German extraction.
Read More About This SurnameHiller Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 20,342 | 1:3,958 | 442 |
| United States | 11,470 | 1:31,601 | 3,947 |
| Canada | 811 | 1:45,432 | 5,598 |
| Austria | 741 | 1:11,492 | 1,604 |
| England | 695 | 1:80,170 | 8,920 |
| Poland | 574 | 1:66,217 | 10,397 |
| Brazil | 518 | 1:413,271 | 15,694 |
| Sweden | 461 | 1:21,360 | 1,768 |
| Australia | 352 | 1:76,692 | 8,962 |
| France | 313 | 1:212,213 | 33,010 |
| Switzerland | 250 | 1:32,852 | 4,840 |
| Argentina | 203 | 1:210,559 | 17,357 |
| Norway | 170 | 1:30,249 | 4,174 |
| Hungary | 129 | 1:76,095 | 7,702 |
| Czechia | 70 | 1:151,907 | 23,478 |
| Venezuela | 68 | 1:444,178 | 8,844 |
| Estonia | 54 | 1:24,478 | 4,454 |
| Spain | 29 | 1:1,612,139 | 47,760 |
| Ecuador | 29 | 1:548,477 | 11,265 |
| South Africa | 27 | 1:2,006,582 | 90,678 |
| Thailand | 25 | 1:2,825,534 | 284,782 |
| Netherlands | 23 | 1:734,225 | 57,169 |
| Wales | 19 | 1:162,870 | 11,152 |
| New Zealand | 18 | 1:251,574 | 23,165 |
| Slovakia | 17 | 1:313,909 | 44,635 |
| Russia | 13 | 1:11,086,389 | 347,183 |
| Scotland | 13 | 1:411,832 | 17,291 |
| Guam | 12 | 1:13,343 | 2,098 |
| Chile | 11 | 1:1,601,498 | 26,155 |
| Belgium | 10 | 1:1,149,664 | 82,403 |
| Mexico | 9 | 1:13,791,801 | 45,470 |
| Liberia | 8 | 1:551,067 | 25,208 |
| Costa Rica | 8 | 1:597,509 | 4,667 |
| Haiti | 7 | 1:1,526,272 | 14,436 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| Finland | 7 | 1:785,243 | 38,644 |
| Denmark | 6 | 1:940,786 | 47,603 |
| Croatia | 6 | 1:704,767 | 44,411 |
| Jersey | 5 | 1:19,840 | 3,614 |
| Northern Ireland | 4 | 1:461,259 | 16,615 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 4 | 1:27,594 | 3,273 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| Israel | 4 | 1:2,139,408 | 95,907 |
| Philippines | 4 | 1:25,309,556 | 279,062 |
| Peru | 4 | 1:7,946,031 | 41,846 |
| Guatemala | 3 | 1:5,360,889 | 8,925 |
| Belarus | 3 | 1:3,167,020 | 121,664 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Japan | 3 | 1:42,614,764 | 59,022 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 1:3,667,742 | 11,574 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Liechtenstein | 1 | 1:38,378 | 1,726 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Kosovo | 1 | 1:1,861,869 | 14,990 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,214,933 | 33,683 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 407 | 1:59,890 | 7,018 |
| Scotland | 9 | 1:415,913 | 11,811 |
| Wales | 5 | 1:313,683 | 10,604 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2,353 | 1:21,342 | 2,687 |
Hiller (924) may also be a first name.
Hiller Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
i) Occup.'the hiller' or 'hillyer,' a roofer, a tiler, a slater (v. Hillier); compare lower and lawyer, sawer and sawyer, bower and bowyer. A Yorkshire form. The American directories contain a much larger number of Hillers than the English, but most of them are of German extraction. Their derivation is not within the compass of my work. (2) Bapt. 'the son of Hillary,' from a nick. Hillar.
Hillar Howell, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.
Alicia Hillour, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
1548. John Hyller and Katherine Hall: Marriage Lic. (Faculty Office).
1601. Maurice Hiller, Wiltshire: Register of the University of Oxford.
1661. Joseph Hiller, of Watford, Herts and Alice Phelps: Marriage Lic. (London).
1672. Baptised — Dorothy, d. William Hiller: St. James, Clerkenwell.
(English) 1 for Hillier, q.v.
2 = Hill (q.v.) + the agential suff. -er. (French-Latin) for the French Hilaire: v. Hilary.
(English) Dweller on, or near, a hill; one who constructed slate roofs.
The Anglo-Saxon helan, like the southern provincialism, to heal, signifies to cover; and in the West of England a hellier is a thatcher or tiler, equivalent to the French couvreur, one who covers buildings with any material whatever. It was a kind of generic appellative, including the Thatchers, Tylers, Slaters, Shinglers, and Reeders, all of whom are also separately represented in our family nomenclature. In Walsingham's History, the arch-traitor, Wat Tyler, is designated "Walterus Helier."
In the dialect of Dorsetshire, England, signifies a thatcher or tiler.
Hiller Demographics
Average Male Hiller Height
176.3 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Hiller Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hiller Come From? nationality or country of origin
Hiller is more commonly found in Germany than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Hiller? popularity and diffusion
Hiller is the 14,810th most frequent family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 193,756 people. Hiller occurs mostly in Europe, where 64 percent of Hiller live; 58 percent live in Western Europe and 57 percent live in Germanic Europe. Hiller is also the 266,476th most numerous given name world-wide, held by 924 people.
Hiller is most frequently held in Germany, where it is borne by 20,342 people, or 1 in 3,958. In Germany it is mostly concentrated in: Baden-Württemberg, where 26 percent are found, Bavaria, where 15 percent are found and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 11 percent are found. Aside from Germany it is found in 76 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 30 percent are found and Canada, where 2 percent are found.
Hiller Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Hiller has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Hiller surname increased 487 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 171 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it increased 380 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 144 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 50 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Hiller Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is chiefly Anglican (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Hiller last name are 33.55% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 86.78% being registered with the political party.
The amount Hiller earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 5.01% less than the national average, earning 328,725 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 70.55% more than the national average, earning R 405,288 per year; in United States they earn 7.02% more than the national average, earning $46,179 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.29% more than the national average, earning $49,828 CAD per year.
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