Hillhouse

English

Alternative forms

• (surname): Hillis

Etymology

From Old English hyll (“hill”) + hūs (“house”).

Proper noun

Hillhouse (countable and uncountable, plural Hillhouses)

1. A neighbourhood in Huddersfield, Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE1417)
2. A suburb of Hamilton, South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS6955).
3. An unincorporated community in Coahoma County, Mississippi, United States.
4. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Hillhouse is the 14761^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2012 individuals. Hillhouse is most common among White (91.15%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Hillhouse”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 178.