The Hill surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 411,770 people carried this name — #41 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 655 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 363 people named Hill.
150 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 33 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
295 people named Hill live in Switzerland.
They live in 18 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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Poland’s population register
205 people named Hill have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 389 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 15 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Subcarpathian.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 27 people named Hill 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 Brussels-Capital.
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 print
Hill in American newspapers,
1886–1925.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 9,456,213 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Hill,
with a public archive behind them.
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John Hill 1716–1775 · translator -
Rowland Hill, 1st Viscount Hill 1772–1842 · military personnel -
Rowland Hill 1795–1879 · teacher -
Ambrose Powell Hill 1825–1865 · military officer -
Karl Hill 1831–1893 · opera singer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 158 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Hill.
- Hilbert 5,650 · U.S. census
- Hild 1,872 · U.S. census
- Hilde 579 · U.S. census
- Hildebrand 11,272 · U.S. census
- Hildenbrand 1,511 · U.S. census
- Hilger 1,884 · U.S. census
- Hillaire 160 · U.S. census
- Hillard 5,910 · U.S. census
- Hille 1,722 · U.S. census
- Hiller 9,063 · U.S. census
- Hilliard 19,564 · U.S. census
- Hillier 2,783 · U.S. census
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