Surname Hill in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Hill families are generally Croats (from Vukovar area ), very rarely Montenegrins (from Zagreb ), and . In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Vinkovci and Bjelovar.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Hill live in Croatia today, in 16 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 70 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and four other places, mostly in Rijeka (<10), Zagreb (<10), Velika Gorica (<5), Vukovar (<5), and in Osijek (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Hill (including: Hell , Thill , Chill , Hyll , Theill , Thiell , Chmill , Hiell and Hiill ) is present in 184 countries worldwide. The family name "Hill " is used by some 400000 people in the United States , about 40000 in Great Britain , and some 30000 people in Australia. "Thill " is used by some 3000 people in the United States , about 1000 in France , and some 900 people in Germany. "Thiell " is used by some 100 people in the United States , small number in Canada , and small number of people in France.

Characteristic first names

Zlatko Hill, Goran Hill, Rene Hill, Ines Hill, Sandra Hill, Željko Hill, Ivan Hill, Branko Hill, Dragan Hill, Korina Hill, Iva Hill, Ira Hill, Vince Hill, Aurora Hill, Igor Hill, David Hill, Billy Hill, Irena Hill, Joseph Hill

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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