Hilton Surname

8,110th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 70,169 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Bahamas

Hilton Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Hilton,' le. the hill-town; v. Hulton. Parishes and townships in Derbyshire, Dorset, Durham, Huntingdonshire, Staffordshire, North Riding of Yorkshire, &c.

Richard de Hilton, Cambridgeshire, 1273.

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Hilton Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States38,9681:9,3011,123
England16,9941:3,279431
Australia4,9741:5,427783
Canada2,5241:14,5982,143
South Africa8341:64,9618,161
New Zealand6791:6,6691,122
Saudi Arabia5171:59,6828,852
Scotland4201:12,7471,691
Wales3491:8,867980
Brazil2761:775,63228,196
Liberia2631:16,7621,735
France2511:264,63240,776
Bahamas2461:1,592270
Mexico2101:591,0779,866
Vanuatu1571:1,677485
Honduras1501:58,7761,343
Jamaica1491:19,2611,717
Dominican Republic1461:71,4583,346
Sweden1361:72,4035,440
Norway1341:38,3755,438
Panama1201:32,6021,861
India1091:7,037,297155,647
Northern Ireland921:20,0552,426
Spain911:513,75925,575
Ireland771:61,1554,068
Portugal751:138,9106,177
Nigeria741:2,393,82179,921
Denmark711:79,5037,759
Netherlands651:259,80332,877
Malaysia521:567,19727,732
Thailand521:1,358,430190,094
Germany451:1,789,010101,917
Singapore391:141,2236,278
Guernsey371:1,742400
Saint Lucia371:4,832674
Zimbabwe371:417,25037,018
Indonesia361:3,673,589193,360
Nicaragua311:194,2292,495
Philippines301:3,374,607147,509
Jersey291:3,421664
Kuwait291:131,05814,967
Papua New Guinea291:281,16338,188
Solomon Islands291:20,0013,902
Switzerland281:293,31823,433
Ecuador271:589,10511,569
Costa Rica261:183,8492,454
Isle of Man231:3,731815
Egypt201:4,596,78848,078
Belgium181:638,70256,744
Venezuela171:1,776,71022,419
Belize161:22,2171,827
China161:85,457,5984,750
Qatar161:147,37516,023
Israel151:570,50941,023
Bangladesh141:11,382,62713,510
Hong Kong141:523,9633,360
Ghana111:2,456,42711,552
Guatemala111:1,462,0615,661
Marshall Islands101:5,182920
Pakistan101:17,864,38868,137
Cameroon91:2,307,674112,590
Morocco91:3,830,67854,497
Vietnam91:10,294,0062,767
Guam81:20,0153,029
Italy81:7,644,586115,463
Guyana71:108,8897,175
Mozambique61:4,543,5954,247
United States Virgin Islands61:18,3962,503
Algeria51:7,726,31057,379
Bermuda51:13,0561,849
Czechia51:2,126,694115,412
Dominica51:15,178463
Haiti51:2,136,78115,037
Chile41:4,404,11844,633
Fiji41:223,5982,635
Japan41:31,961,07353,820
Malta41:107,5681,849
South Korea41:12,810,0642,073
Sri Lanka41:5,202,14012,146
Tonga41:26,828461
Tunisia41:152,65617,743
Uganda41:9,759,820144,676
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Austria31:2,838,47893,604
Colombia31:15,924,69128,711
Croatia31:1,409,53570,997
Monaco31:12,3552,088
Montserrat31:1,649224
Puerto Rico31:1,183,3805,289
Romania31:6,692,62378,504
Taiwan31:7,814,91541,694
Turkey31:25,940,474162,557
Angola21:13,494,60711,780
Cambodia21:7,743,57311,959
Cuba21:5,761,35813,825
Ethiopia21:48,773,13129,601
Malawi21:8,559,55434,093
Myanmar21:25,968,9922,110
Peru21:15,892,06251,966
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Tanzania21:26,470,806111,653
Togo21:3,623,88411,997
Trinidad and Tobago21:681,98817,017
Turks and Caicos Islands21:17,164627
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Antigua and Barbuda11:99,1712,137
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
French Polynesia11:280,8057,211
Gibraltar11:33,9541,660
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Guinea11:11,833,8173,268
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Laos11:6,588,3231,961
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
North Macedonia11:2,101,47231,546
Micronesia11:106,2431,380
Nepal11:28,480,95622,413
Northern Cyprus11:319,01110,202
Saint Kitts and Nevis11:55,1991,294
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines11:112,6591,704
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Slovenia11:2,487,67531,128
Suriname11:552,6169,664
Swaziland11:1,298,1991,718
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland1261:35,1583,362
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England10,1411:2,404340
Scotland1161:32,2692,684
Wales391:40,2162,129
Isle of Man91:6,030597
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States7,0541:7,119899

The alternate forms: Hílton (1) are calculated separately.

Hilton (49,384) may also be a first name.

Hilton Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Hilton,' le. the hill-town; v. Hulton. Parishes and townships in Derbyshire, Dorset, Durham, Huntingdonshire, Staffordshire, North Riding of Yorkshire, &c.

Richard de Hilton, Cambridgeshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Adam de Hiltone, Huntingdonshire, ibid.

Syinon de Hyltone, Huntingdonshire, ibid.

Johannes de Hilton, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

Johan de Hiltone of the county of Berewyke rendered homage in 1296 (Bain, II, p. 206). John de Hilton sold to the monks of Melrose a tenement within the town of Lessydwyn in 1415 commonly called the tenement of William de Hilton (Melros, p. 535—537). From the old barony of Hiltoun in Berwickshire.

The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

(English) belonging to Hilton = the Hill- Farm or -Manor [Old English hyll + tún]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) One who came from Hilton (hill village), the name of several villages in England.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

There are parishes and places so called in many counties, and probably several distinct families. The great baronial race who flourished in the XIV. cent. derived their name from the Castle of Hylton or Hilton, co. Durham, their ancient seat.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

A location name in Derbyshire, Dorset, Lancashire, Staffordshire.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

The Hiltons are now best represented in Westmoreland and Lancashire. The baronial family of Hilton Castle, in the county of Durham, flourished in the 14th century (L.). There are places of the name in Westmoreland, Yorkshire, Shropshire, Durham, etc.

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

User-submitted Reference

This surname was first noted in Cheshire, in a village at Elton, and later adopted by native Americans in the United States in the late 1700's. It means 'from the hilltops'.

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Hilton Last Name Facts

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

The surname Hilton (Arabic: هلتون, Hindi: हिल्टन, Marathi: लीलटॉन) is more commonly found in The United States than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms: Hílton. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Hilton? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 8,110th most commonly occurring family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 103,857 people. It occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 61 percent of Hilton are found; 59 percent are found in North America and 59 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 18,694th most frequently held first name on earth, held by 49,384 people.

The last name Hilton is most prevalent in The United States, where it is carried by 38,968 people, or 1 in 9,301. In The United States Hilton is mostly found in: Texas, where 9 percent reside, California, where 8 percent reside and North Carolina, where 6 percent reside. Not including The United States this surname is found in 139 countries. It is also common in England, where 24 percent reside and Australia, where 7 percent reside.

Hilton Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Hilton has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Hilton surname rose 552 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 168 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 362 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it rose 895 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it decreased 39 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Hilton Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Hilton surname is primarily Presbyterian (41%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Hilton last name are 12.82% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 59.59% registered with the party.

The amount Hilton earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 13.66% less than the national average, earning 298,791 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 60.45% more than the national average, earning R 381,288 per year; in United States they earn 1.25% less than the national average, earning $42,610 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.35% more than the national average, earning $52,840 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hílton941/
Chilton9215,792/
Khilton92245/
Hillton92153/
Hilthon9235/
Hailton9222/
Hiltoen921/
Hiltong921/
Hiltone921/
Heilton920/
Hiltgon920/
Hiltton920/
Ilton91307/
Chislton8618/
Chillton865/
Chiltoon862/
D'Hilton861/
Chiltone861/
Hilthone861/
Chailton860/
Hesilton860/
Helton8332,700/
Hylton8319,011/
Hulton831,192/
Gilton83521/
Ailton83212/
Hiltan8342/
Jilton8339/
Uilton8319/
Ehlton8317/
Hiltom834/
Hiltun833/
Yilton832/
Yhlton831/
Hélton831/
Oilton831/
Iltond831/
Chelton77819/
Healton77115/
Jailton7733/
Yiltong7725/
Hellton7721/
Helthon7717/
Hilttan775/
Hilltun775/
Gillton772/
Chylton772/
Chiltom771/
Heltoin771/
Jillton771/
Huylton771/
Hyllton771/
Hyltont771/
Hyltoon771/
Hoylton771/
Giltton771/
Hailtan771/
Haylton771/
Chélton771/
Hiltgun771/
Hailtom771/
Huelton771/
Iselton770/
Chiltan770/
Heylton770/
Giltoon770/
Heslton770/
Heelton770/
Chiltonova752/
Elton738,881/
Iltan73117/
Ulton7333/
Ylton732/
Heselton71918/
Chellton717/
Hilltomt715/
Hilthang711/
Chelthon711/
Huelthon711/
Eggilton710/
Hayleton710/
Cheelton710/
Eiselton710/
Hesselton67178/
Yolton67130/
Gelton67122/
Ajlton6798/
Eltong6771/
Elthon6747/
Jelton6735/
Yiltom6735/
Yiltan6719/
Giltun6718/
Ellton6712/
Hultan6710/
Hyltun6710/
Ealton677/
Aylton676/
Giltan674/
Eslton674/
Eylton674/
Heltan673/
Iltane672/
Eltomn672/
Heltom671/
Hyltan671/
Ullton671/
Uelton671/
Uiltom671/
Ailtom671/
Eltone671/
Eltoun671/
Hettleton670/
Heaselton670/
Heseltone670/

Hilton Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Hilton in the Hindi language
हिल्टनhiltana-
Hilton in the Marathi language
लीलटॉनlilatona-
Hilton in the Arabic language
هلتونhltwn-
هيلتونhyltwn-

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