Hillard is used as a family name or surname in England. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Hillard
No. of characters: 7
Origin: England
Meaning:

Is form of Hilliard. See Hildyard - Formerly Hildhcard, an ancient personal name. The family are said to have sprung from Robert Hildheard, who was of Normanby, county of York, in the year 1109. B.L.G.

Surname is variant form of Billy. Not from William, but from a place in the arrondissement of Caen, in Normandy. Also a comrade, companion.

Lastname is the variant form of Billy. One who came from Billie or Bellie meaning "village, farm," in Scotland.

Surname Hillard is variant form of Hilliard. Dweller at the hill enclosure; descendant of Hildyard meaning "war, enclosure".

Variation of Hildyard. Formerly Hildhcard, an ancient personal name. The family are said to have sprung from Robert Hildheard, who was of Normanby, county of York, in the year 1109. B.L.G.

Family name is a variant form of Hillyer. See Hellier - The Anglo-Saxon helan, like the southern provincialism, to heal, signifies to cover; and in the West of England a hellier is a thatcher or tiler, equivalent to the French couvreur, one who covers buildings with any material whatever. It was a kind of generic appellative, including the Thatchers, Tylers, Slaters, Shinglers, and Reeders, all of whom are also separately represented in the family nomenclature. In Walsingham's History, the arch- traitor, Wat Tyler, is designated "Walterus Helier."

Hillard is the variation of Illyard. The same as Hilliard - See Hildyard - Formerly Hildhcard, an ancient personal name. The family are said to have sprung from Robert Hildheard, who was of Normanby, county of York, in the year 1109. B.L.G.

How popular is Hillard?

Hillard is common in United States, Australia, England, France, Wales, Canada.

Hillard is ranked 58088 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Hillard bearers increased by 5.3 per cent in 2010 US census to 6223 since 2000, the surname slipped by 161 spots and ranked at 5585. The last name was found in around 2 per hundred thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 68.76 70.02
Black 26.79 27.02
Hispanic or Latino 1.99 1.08
Others 1.96 1.46
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.27 0.29
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.22 0.14
Hillard is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Wales is ahead in terms of density. Around 8714 people have been found who wears Hillard as their family name. Hillard is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Hillard:
6,086 United States7,194
Countries with hundreds of Hillard:
7,275 Australia450
13,495 England403
35,399 France291
2,042 Wales162
31,502 Canada106
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
6,785 Ireland32
18,211 Singapore13
19,179 Scotland11

Immigrants to US

From Germany

Eve Hillard worked as farmer and hailed from France. 18 years old embarked for USA from Havre on Zurich and arrived on April 6, 1858. Farmer Jean Hillard, Pierre Hillard, aged 30, Marbias Hillard, aged 24, Farmer Jean Hillard, Jean-Mr Hillard (30) Agriculturist, 23 years old Piere Hillard, 34 years old Antoine Hillard, J.Mr. Hillard (16) Merchant, are others that migrated to US from Havre, Liverpool & Queenstown, Hamburg & Havre and Antwerp.

Hillard Namesakes

  • Robert E. Hillard,
  • George Stillman Hillard, American lawyer and author
  • Carole Hillard, first woman to serve as Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota
  • Norm Hillard, Australian rules footballer

Hillard Namesakes

  • Robert E. Hillard,
  • George Stillman Hillard, American lawyer and author
  • Carole Hillard, first woman to serve as Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota
  • Norm Hillard, Australian rules footballer

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