Hilu
surname · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ilu/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Hilu is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Argentina than in any other country.
- ARArgentina1 in 293K(measured from records)
- USUnited States≈1 in 4.1M
- BRBrazil1 in 4.3M
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.
- Argentina (measured from records)
- Sources
- 32 (measured from records)
- 1 in 293K (inferred from the name graph)
155 people
Highest-authority source
Argentina
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Sources 1
Where in the world(measured from records)
Hilu 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.
155 people counted by RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national). 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: RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); the us-wru-surnames-voterfile register; naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls). 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)
Hilu is also recorded in 6 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In apb, a ridge covering of sago-palm leaves, laid on flat
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
In Finnish, small coin; (in the plural) change (small coins)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Hawaiian, rainbow wrasse (marine fish of the genus Coris)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In tsg, dizziness, seasickness, drunkenness
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In tbk, how many? how much?
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
In mbb, to poison; poison
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
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.
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 11 sources across 7 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national) | — | 155 | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 49 | #106,268 |
| IN India | Instate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls | — | 10 | #125,803 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 1
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
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 Hilu?
- A machine transcription gives /ilu/ (IPA) for Spanish.
- In which country does Hilu have the most bearers?
- In Argentina, the national register counted about 155 people named Hilu, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled hilu.
- Where is Hilu most common?
- Hilu is densest in Argentina, where the national register counts about 1 in 293 thousand people carrying it.
- How common is the name Hilu?
- In Argentina, the national register counted 155 people named Hilu, about 1 in 293 thousand residents.
What do you want to know about Hilu?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/hiluThe 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, “Hilu”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.