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The hilger Surname

hilger Name Meaning and History

German, Dutch, French, and English: from a Germanic personal name composed of the elements hild ‘strife’, ‘battle’ + gar, ger ‘spear’. This name was taken to England by the Normans; however, in East Anglia the surname is from an Old Danish personal name of similar origin.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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The hilger name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the hilger family name as far back in history as possible.

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Distribution of hilger Families in the US in 1920
Number of hilger families
 22-42
 8-21		 1-7
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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