Hilt Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 1
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 2
Hampshire 1
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 7
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 7
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 1
Surrey 0
Sussex 1
Staffordshire 1
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Hilt Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Hilt family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 8
Domestic Servant 1
House Maid 1
Copper Smith 1
Cotton Porter 1
Dress Maker 1
Fancy Bag Maker 1
Police Sergeant 1
Servant 1
Agricultural Labourer 1
Brick Bank Labourer 1
General Dealer 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Hilt

Name Census Frequency
Mary Hilt 19
William Hilt 15
John Hilt 10
Charles Hilt 9
Thomas Hilt 8
Elizabeth Hilt 7
James Hilt 7
Emily Hilt 6
George Hilt 6
Henry Hilt 6
Jane Hilt 6
Annie Hilt 5
Ellen Hilt 5
Ann Hilt 4
Sarah Hilt 4
Alfred Hilt 3
Arthur Hilt 3
Frank Hilt 3
Joseph Hilt 3
Lucy Hilt 3
Robert Hilt 3
Rosina Hilt 3
Helen Hilt 2
Jessie Hilt 2
Kate Hilt 2

Hilt Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Holt 75% 133,081
2 Hoult 60% 6,545
3 Halt 75% 2,695
4 Hult 75% 321
5 Helt 75% 237
6 Hilt 100% 229
7 Hault 60% 227

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The surname Hilt is the 6th most popular variant of Holt.

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