The Hillard surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,223 people carried this name — #5,585 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 47,400 people counted. That is up 5% from 5,910 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Hillard surname
French Hillard, from Hilaire + -ard.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Hillard» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 132 people named Hillard.
5 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 15 départements, most often Moselle.
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 print
Hillard in American newspapers,
1891–1914.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 24,664 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Hillard,
with a public archive behind them.
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George Stillman Hillard 1808–1879 · writer -
Sarah Hillard 1847–1917
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Martha Hillard MacLeish 1856–1947 · socialite
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Fanny Seymour Hillard 1872–1955
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Kate Seagrim Shoppee 1879–1955
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Sidney Hillard 1885–1968
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Hillard.
- 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
- Hillaire 188 · U.S. census
- Hille 1,776 · U.S. census
- Hiller 10,546 · U.S. census
- Hilliard 20,377 · U.S. census
- Hillier 3,079 · U.S. census
- Hilpert 516 · U.S. census
- Hilpipre 199 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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