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The HILLEY surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 1,902 14413 0.001 7
United States (1880 census) 269 15531 0.001 5
Change since 1880 +1633 +1118 0 +2
Other Countries
Australia 10 89704 0 1
United Kingdom 134 20814 0 3
Top States for HILLEY by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Georgia 395 2827 0.005 48
South Carolina 230 2926 0.006 57
Alabama 222 3191 0.005 50
Texas 186 10920 0.001 9
Florida 160 13075 0.001 10
Top States for HILLEY by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
South Carolina 230 2926 0.006 57
Alabama 222 3191 0.005 50
Georgia 395 2827 0.005 48
Oklahoma 45 9710 0.001 13
North Dakota 7 15053 0.001 11

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called HILLEY live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called HILLEY represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called HILLEY in Georgia than any other state, but you are more likely to find a HILLEY by picking someone at random in South Carolina than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of HILLEY

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Language of origin: English

Ethnic origin: English

Religious origin: Christian

Name derivation: Location or Geographical Feature

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the HILLEY surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the HILLEY surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of HILLEY in the USA

Classification Total Percent
Black/African American 89 4.68
Mixed Race 25 1.31
White (Hispanic) 23 1.21
White (Caucasian) 1,756 92.32
Asian/Pacific Less than 100 Insignificant
Native American/Alaskan Less than 100 Insignificant

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the HILLEY surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of HILLEY in historical publications

Sorry, we don't have any information on the meaning of HILLEY.

Similar names to HILLEY

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as HILLEY.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for HILLEY

The following words are slight variants of HILLEY that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.