Hilster Surname

1,276,805th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 179 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Hilster Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Hilster Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands1531:110,37417,676
United States161:22,653,683662,747
Australia51:5,399,140162,351
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
England11:55,718,059489,080
France11:66,422,722504,397
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Hilster Last Name Facts

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

The last name Hilster is found most frequently in The Netherlands. It may also be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Hilster.

How Common Is The Last Name Hilster? popularity and diffusion

The surname Hilster is the 1,276,805th most prevalent family name globally It is held by around 1 in 40,712,547 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 87 percent of Hilster reside; 86 percent reside in Western Europe and 85 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most widespread in The Netherlands, where it is held by 153 people, or 1 in 110,374. In The Netherlands Hilster is most numerous in: North Holland, where 58 percent live, Flevoland, where 10 percent live and Utrecht, where 10 percent live. Without taking into account The Netherlands this last name exists in 7 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 9 percent live and Australia, where 3 percent live.

Hilster Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Hilster has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Hilster surname increased 320 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Hilster Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Hilster are 36.56% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 83.33% being registered to vote for the political party.

Hilster earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 26.1% more than the national average, earning $54,411 USD per year.

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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 Hilster
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