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Where Does The Last Name Hillis Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The last name Hillis occurs in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Hillis? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The surname is the 47,720^th most frequently used surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 672,841 people. The surname Hillis occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 81 percent of Hillis live; 81 percent live in North America and 80 percent live in Anglo-North America. Hillis is also the 379,225^th most widespread forename in the world. It is borne by 500 people.

This last name is most widely held in The United States, where it is held by 7,690 people, or 1 in 47,134. In The United States it is mostly found in: Tennessee, where 12 percent live, Texas, where 9 percent live and California, where 8 percent live. Outside of The United States this last name occurs in 30 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 12 percent live and Northern Ireland, where 4 percent live.

Hillis Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The incidence of Hillis has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Hillis last name grew 625 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 642 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 273 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it decreased 72 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Hillis Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Hillis last name is principally Presbyterian (57%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Hillis surname are 12.66% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 59.43% registered with the political party.

The amount Hillis earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 32.97% more than the national average, earning R 315,984 per year; in United States they earn 3.99% less than the national average, earning $41,428 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.45% more than the national average, earning $51,397 CAD per year.