Hillenbrand
surname · Latin script
Meaning: Kurz- bzw. Nebenform zu Hildebrand; Nester im Raum Hünfeld und Hockenheim
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ˈhɪɫənˌbɹænd/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Hillenbrand is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country.
- DEGermany≈1 in 28K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 148K
- NZNew Zealand≈1 in 99K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Germany (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 213 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 28K (inferred from the name graph)
≈2,900 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Germany, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Kurz- bzw. Nebenform zu Hildebrand; Nester im Raum Hünfeld und Hockenheim. Konsonantenvariation: ld > ll, mit -en-.
Sources 1
- Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 2: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen II, Konsonantismus
Where in the world(measured from records)
Hillenbrand counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE Germany | ≈2,900 est. | ≈1 in 28K | — | Hillenbrand | 109 |
| US United States | 2,252 | 1 in 148K | 2.3K | Hillenbrand | 213 |
| DZ Algeria | ≈250 est. | ≈1 in 171K | — | Hillenbrand | 1 |
| IT Italy | ≈240 est. | ≈1 in 261K | — | Hillenbrand | 4 |
| SA Saudi Arabia | ≈180 est. | ≈1 in 186K | — | Hillenbrand | 1 |
| NZ New Zealand | ≈50 est. | ≈1 in 99K | — | Hillenbrand | 1 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Hillenbrand is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
variant of Hildebrand.
as a nameDictionary of American Family Names
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Martin J. Hillenbrandb. 1915USAmerican diplomat (1915-2005)
- Billy Hillenbrandb. 1922USAmerican football player (1922-1994)
- Carole Hillenbrandb. 1943GBBritish Islamic scholar (born 1943)
- Silvia Hillenbrandb. 1947DEGerman politician
- Karl Hillenbrandb. 1950DEGerman priest (1950-2014)
- Laura Hillenbrandb. 1967USAmerican writer
- Tom Hillenbrandb. 1972DEGerman journalist
- Shea Hillenbrandb. 1975USAmerican baseball player
- David HillenbrandUSAmerican writer, director, and composer
- Scott HillenbrandUSAmerican director, actor and screenwriter
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 18 sources across 9 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 2.3K | #13,491 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 1.5K | #17,719 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 1.2K | #22,053 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 5
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- How do you pronounce Hillenbrand?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈhɪɫənˌbɹænd/ (IPA) for English.
- What does the name Hillenbrand mean?
- Recorded meaning: Kurz- bzw. Nebenform zu Hildebrand; Nester im Raum Hünfeld und Hockenheim.
- In which country does Hillenbrand have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 2.9 thousand people named Hillenbrand in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled hillenbrand.
- How common is the name Hillenbrand?
- In the United States, the national register counted 2,252 people named Hillenbrand in 2010, about 1 in 148 thousand residents.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/hillenbrandThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Hillenbrand”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.