The Hilliard surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 20,377 people carried this name — #1,756 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 14,500 people counted. That is up 4% from 19,564 in 2000.
In Ireland’s birth registers, 1890
Ireland registered 11 births for the Hilliard name in 1890.
Most were registered in Leinster. By the Registrar-General’s own method — births multiplied by 44.38 — that is about 500 people bearing the name in Ireland at the time. The Registrar-General’s note on the name: “Dublin.”
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born, 1890
Registrar-General for Ireland, «Special Report on Surnames in Ireland» (R. E. Matheson, 1894), births index of 1890 — public domain.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 52 people named Hilliard.
Those born in France came from 5 départements, most often Ille-et-Vilaine.
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
Hilliard in American newspapers,
1904–1909.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 87,937 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Hilliard,
with a public archive behind them.
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Richard Hilliard 1519–1594 · goldsmith -
Nicholas Hilliard 1547–1619 · goldsmith -
William Hilliard d. 1608 · politician
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John Hilliard d. 1651
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Evelyne Hilliard d. 1931
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Melvin Lee Hilliard Jr. d. 2006
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Hilliard.
- 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
- Hiller 10,546 · U.S. census
- Hillier 3,079 · U.S. census
- Hilpert 516 · U.S. census
- Hilpipre 199 · U.S. census
- Hils 253 · U.S. census
- Hilt 3,185 · U.S. census
- Him 578 · U.S. census
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