Hillifer Surname

5,213,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Hillifer Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Hillifer Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England101:5,571,806158,774
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England51:4,875,074116,529

Hillifer Last Name Facts

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

The surname Hillifer has its highest incidence in England. It may be found as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Hillifer? popularity and diffusion

The surname Hillifer is the 5,213,395th most commonly held last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 71 percent of Hillifer are found; 71 percent are found in Northern Europe and 71 percent are found in British Isles.

Hillifer is most frequently occurring in England, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 5,571,806. In England Hillifer is most frequent in: West Midlands, where 80 percent are found, Derbyshire, where 10 percent are found and Staffordshire, where 10 percent are found. Outside of England this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in Canada, where 29 percent are found.

Hillifer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Hillifer has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Hillifer last name rose 200 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hilliffe880/
Illife864/
Hilife861/
Chilliffe820/
Illiffe8012/
Khilife801/
Hislife800/
Ilife7710/
Jellifer755/
Gellifer751/
Illiffee751/
Khelifer751/
Ellisfer750/
Jilliffe750/
Haislife750/
Gilliffe750/
Iliffe711,573/
Illifi71102/
Elifer7150/
Hilifa711/
Ellife711/
Gaillefer711/
Hilheffer711/
Jelliffer710/
Gillipher710/
Elliffe67304/
Khelife6712/
Khilifi679/
Chilifi679/
Chilefe676/
Chilifa674/
Jellife672/
Hellifi672/
Ilhefer671/
Gellife671/
Elifier671/
Jlliffe671/
Jelifer671/

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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
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  • 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 Hillifer
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