Popularity of the last name by country
Finland
- Kanta-Häme / Egentliga Tavastland (125)
- Pohjanmaa / Österbotten (58)
- Uusimaa / Nyland (45)
- Etelä-Savo / Södra Savolax (42)
- Pohjois-Pohjanmaa / Norra Österbotten (23)
- Varsinais-Suomi / Egentliga Finland (22)
- Keski-Suomi / Mellersta Finland (20)
- Pohjois-Karjala / Norra Karelen (12)
- Ahvenanmaa / Åland (6)
- Itä-Uusimaa / Östra Nyland (4)
- Pohjois-Savo / Norra Savolax (4)
- Etelä-Pohjanmaa / Södra Österbotten (1)
- Kymenlaakso / Kymmenedalen (1)
- Lappi / Lappland (1)
- Pirkanmaa / Birkaland (1)
All countries
- United Kingdom (920,741)
- United States (612,778)
- Australia (44,733)
- Ireland (39,899)
- New Zealand (39,519)
- France (28,539)
- Germany (21,353)
- Canada (17,025)
- Austria (13,092)
- Unknown country (12,846)
- Netherlands (8,461)
- Sweden (6,214)
- Switzerland (2,848)
- Hungary (2,124)
- Spain (1,805)
- Italy (1,645)
- Belgium (1,456)
- Slovakia (Slovak Republic) (1,405)
- Colombia (1,268)
- Mexico (1,077)
- India (1,001)
- Denmark (1,000)
- Greece (828)
- Russian Federation (760)
- Finland (678)
- Romania (593)
- Norway (570)
- China (537)
- South Africa (451)
- Poland (432)
- Argentina (398)
- Latvia (350)
- Indonesia (296)
- Cuba (288)
- Jamaica (271)
- Turkey (259)
- Portugal (241)
- Lebanon (230)
- Peru (208)
- Egypt (207)
Origine of last name
HILL : 1: English: topographic name for someone who lived on or by a hill from Middle English hill hell hull ‘hill’ (Old English hyll). Compare <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Hiller">Hiller</a>. This surname is also very common among African Americans.2: English: possibly in some cases from the personal name Hille a pet form of some name such as <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Hilger">Hilger</a> or <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Hillary">Hillary</a>.3: German: from a short form of <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Hildebrand">Hildebrand</a> or any of a variety of other names male and female containing ancient Germanic hild ‘battle’ as the first element.4: Americanized form (translation into English) of Finnish Mäki ‘hill’ or of any of various other names formed with this element (see <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Maki">Maki</a>).5: Americanized form of various like-sounding Jewish surnames.
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