The Hildebrand surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 11,687 people carried this name — #3,072 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 25,300 people counted. That is up 4% from 11,272 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Hildebrand surname
A surname transferred from the given name.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Hildebrand» (German), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
391 people named Hildebrand live in Switzerland.
They live in 20 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 Poland’s population register
299 people named Hildebrand have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 370 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 11 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Greater Poland.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 123 people named Hildebrand 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.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 110 people named Hildebrand.
13 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 17 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In the Nordic population registers
457 people named Hildebrand 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
Hildebrand in American newspapers,
1912–1923.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 58,316 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Hildebrand,
with a public archive behind them.
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Antoinetta Sofia Hildebrand 1675–1704 -
Bror Emil Hildebrand 1806–1884 · university teacher -
Bruno Hildebrand 1812–1878 · politician -
Rudolf Hildebrand 1824–1894 · teacher -
Max Hildebrand 1839–1910 · entrepreneur
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 201 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Hildebrand.
- Hilaire 1,682 · U.S. census
- Hilal 339 · U.S. census
- Hilary 120 · U.S. census
- Hilbert 6,077 · U.S. census
- Hild 1,779 · U.S. census
- Hilde 508 · U.S. census
- Hildenbrand 903 · U.S. census
- Hilger 2,032 · U.S. census
- Hill 434,827 · U.S. census
- Hillaire 188 · U.S. census
- Hillard 6,223 · U.S. census
- Hille 1,776 · U.S. census
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