Hilyer Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Hunts and Rutland 0
Kent 1
Leicestershire 16
Lincolnshire 1
London 7
Middlesex 1
Surrey 1
Sussex 2
Anglesey 0
Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Brecknockshire 0
Berkshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Lancashire 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Hilyer Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Hilyer family

Profession Census Frequency
Frame Work Knitter 5
Independent 4
Seaman 3
Stocking Maker 3
Female Servant 2
Taylor 1
Currier 1
Smith 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Hilyer

Name Census Frequency
William Hilyer 35
John Hilyer 33
Mary Hilyer 23
Elizabeth Hilyer 17
James Hilyer 17
Sarah Hilyer 14
Robert Hilyer 13
Charles Hilyer 11
George Hilyer 11
Joseph Hilyer 10
Maria Hilyer 10
Annie Hilyer 9
Ann Hilyer 8
Hannah Hilyer 8
Jane Hilyer 8
Harry Hilyer 7
Henry Hilyer 7
Frances Hilyer 6
Albert Hilyer 5
Emma Hilyer 5
Frank Hilyer 5
Rose Hilyer 5
Alfred Hilyer 4
Alice Hilyer 4
Edward Hilyer 4

Hilyer Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Hillier 71% 26,898
2 Hillyer 86% 5,393
3 Helyer 83% 1,899
4 Helyar 67% 951
5 Holyer 83% 775
6 Hilyer 100% 410
7 Hulyer 83% 373

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The surname Hilyer is the 6th most popular variant of Hillier.

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