The Hilbert surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,077 people carried this name — #5,707 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 48,500 people counted. That is up 8% from 5,650 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 370 people named Hilbert.
16 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 35 départements, most often Moselle.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 156 people named Hilbert live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
39 people named Hilbert live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 21 people named Hilbert live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Luxembourg Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
54 people named Hilbert are counted in Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Hilbert in American newspapers,
1894–1937.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 33,242 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Hilbert,
with a public archive behind them.
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Petr Pavel Hilbert 1834–1906 · lawyer -
David Hilbert 1862–1943 · physicist -
Kamil Hilbert 1869–1933 · teacher -
Jaroslav Hilbert 1871–1936 · writer -
Franz Hilbert 1893–1969
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 139 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Hilbert.
- Hien 203 · U.S. census
- Hieronimus 251 · U.S. census
- Higel 168 · U.S. census
- Hilaire 1,682 · U.S. census
- Hilal 339 · U.S. census
- Hilary 120 · U.S. census
- Hild 1,779 · U.S. census
- Hilde 508 · U.S. census
- Hildebrand 11,687 · U.S. census
- Hildenbrand 903 · U.S. census
- Hilger 2,032 · U.S. census
- Hill 434,827 · U.S. census
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