Hilmer Family History
Hilmer Name Meaning
North German and Dutch: from the Germanic personal name
Hildemar, formed with hild ‘strife’, ‘battle’ +
mari ‘famous’.German (South German and Austrian):
contracted form of Hillmeier, which is a topographic name
derived from Middle High German hülwe ‘water-hole’ +
meier ‘(tenant) farmer’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Hilmer Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Hilmer families
 14 - 26  5 - 13 |
 1 - 4  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Hilmer families
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4 - 6 2 - 3 |
1 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
| Sorry, we couldn't find geographic distribution information for the Hilmer last name |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Hilmer Family Origin
Hilmer Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Hilmer
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Hilmer Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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