Hillwood Surname

2,746,821st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 50 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Hillwood Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Hillwood Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England431:1,295,76958,667
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686

Hillwood (12) may also be a first name.

Hillwood Last Name Facts

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

The last name Hillwood is held by more people in England than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Hillwood? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,746,821st most numerous family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 145,750,918 people. The surname Hillwood occurs mostly in Europe, where 86 percent of Hillwood are found; 86 percent are found in Northern Europe and 86 percent are found in British Isles. It is also the 3,306,491st most commonly used first name internationally, borne by 12 people.

It is most commonly used in England, where it is borne by 43 people, or 1 in 1,295,769. In England Hillwood is mostly concentrated in: West Sussex, where 56 percent live, Hampshire, where 33 percent live and Greater London, where 5 percent live. Without taking into account England it is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 4 percent live and The United States, where 4 percent live.

Hillwood Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Hillwood has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Hillwood last name increased 1,433 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hillwoods942/
Chillwood940/
Hailwood88750/
Gillwood8828/
Hislwood881/
Chilwood881/
Hullwood880/
Hellwood880/
Ilwood860/
Ellwood807,838/
Ailwood8054/
Gilwood8018/
Helwood801/
Ellwoods753/
Eellwood751/
Haylwood750/
Elwood718,801/
Heselwood71499/
Ittlewood711/
Ellwod711/
Hilbod711/
Haylewood710/
Hesselwood6742/
Aylwood677/
Hillvad675/
Chilwad675/
Ellwodd673/
Elwgood671/
Khilwad671/
Ellwoid670/
Heaselwood670/
Elwwood670/

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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 Hillwood
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