Last Name HILL

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Meaning Local: At the hill, from residence thereon. As every village required its smith, and thusmake Smith a great national occupative surname, so almost every district had its rising ground called 'the hill,' the resident thereon taking his surname from it.
Local: At the hill, from residence thereon. Almost every small district had its rising ground called 'the hill,' the resident thereon taking his surname from it.
Origin English, Jewish, French, Polish, Native American, Irish, Falkland, Haitian, Austrian, Belgian, South african, Hungarian

Rank 41 (2000 US census) 33 (1990 US census)
Count 411,770 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 66.83%, or 275186 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 28.42%, or 117025 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.42%, or 1729 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.91%, or 3747 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.78%, or 7330 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.64%, or 6753 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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