Hilton

in Kansas

There are 233 people with the last name "Hilton" in Kansas.

Ranking in Kansas

Name	Rank
Hilton	1,224

is 1,220th most common Smart
is 1,221st most common Britt
is 1,222nd most common Dowell
is 1,223rd most common Goss
is 1,224th most common Hilton
is 1,225th most common Lackey
is 1,226th most common Mccann
is 1,227th most common Mchenry
is 1,228th most common Holden

Meaning & History

Hilton

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’ + tūn ‘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’ + hūn ‘bear cub’. The English surname is present in Ireland (mostly taken to Ulster in the early 17th century, though recorded earlier in Dublin).

FOREBEARS A family bearing this name originated at Hetton in County Durham (from Old English hēope ‘rosehip’ + dūn ‘hill’). The surname had already been assimilated to Hilton by the time of Robert de Hilton (died c.1309).