Hilton Family History
Hilton Name Meaning
English (Lancashire) and Scottish: habitational name from any
of various places so called. Most, including those in Cambridgeshire
(formerly Huntingdonshire), Cleveland, Derbyshire, and Shropshire, get
the name from Old English hyll ‘hill’ + tun
‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’. Others, including those in Cumbria and
Dorsetshire, have early forms in Hel- and probably have as
their first element Old English hielde ‘slope’ or possibly
helde ‘tansy’.English: some early examples such as Ralph
filius Hilton (Yorkshire 1219) point to occasional derivation from a
personal name, possibly a Norman name Hildun, composed of the
Germanic elements hild ‘strife’, ‘battle’ + hun ‘bear
cub’. The English surname is present in Ireland (mostly taken to
Ulster in the early 17th century, though recorded earlier in
Dublin).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Hilton
Name Distribution of Hilton Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Hilton families
 3,140 - 6,277  1,047 - 3,139 |
 1 - 1,046  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Hilton families
|
12 - 22 5 - 11 |
1 - 4 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Hilton Family Origin
Hilton Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Hilton Emigration Information (AU)
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
Hilton Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Hilton census records
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