Hillhouse
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English
Alternative forms
- (surname): Hillis
Etymology
From Old English hyll (“hill”) + hūs (“house”).
Proper noun
Hillhouse (countable and uncountable, plural Hillhouses)
- A neighbourhood in Huddersfield, Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE1417) [1]
- A suburb of Hamilton, South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS6955).
- An unincorporated community in Coahoma County, Mississippi, United States.
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Hillhouse is the 14761st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2012 individuals. Hillhouse is most common among White (91.15%) individuals.
References
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Hillhouse”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 178.