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HILL

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There are approximately 152,787 people named Hill in the UK. That makes it the 34th most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 2,418 are named Hill.

Region of origin

British Isles

Country of origin

England

Language of origin

English

Religion of origin

Christian

Classification

English
Location or Geographical Feature

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The Hill surname in historical dictionaries

HILL. From i-esidence upon one. Its medieval form is Atte-Hill. The Lond. Direct, has more than two hundred traders of this name, besides about one-eighth of that number in the pluralized form of Hills. The most distinguished family of this name, the Hills of Hawkstone (Viscount Hill), deduce themselves from Hugh de la HuUe (' of the Hill '), who held the estate of Court of Hill in the parish of Burford, co. Salop, temp. Richard I. Shirley's Noble and Gentle Men, p. 197. The Hills of Stallington, co. Stafford, are descended from the family of De Monte, of Castle IMorton, co. AVorcester, and they bore that name till the XV. cent., when it was anglicized to Hyll. See Nash's Worcestershire.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.

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