Hillenburg is a German surname. It may have originated as a variant spelling of Hallenberg, a habitational surname referring to Hallenberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Variant spellings of the surname include Hellenberg.[1] The 2010 United States Census found 555 people with the surname Hillenburg, making it the 39,607th-most-common name in the country. This represented an increase from 519 people (39,824th-most-common) in the 2000 Census. In both censuses, roughly 95% of the bearers of the surname identified as non-Hispanic white, and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino of any race.[2]
In 1940, Laborer and House Keeper were the top reported jobs for men and women in the USA named Hillenburg, where 47% of Hillenburg men were Laborer's and 46% of Hillenburg women were House Keepers.[3]
Notable people with the surname include:
- Andy Hillenburg (born 1963), American racecar driver
- Rolf Kalmuczak (1938–2007), German crime novelist who sometimes used the pen name Martin Hillenburg
- Stephen Hillenburg (1961–2018), American animator who created the SpongeBob SquarePants series
References edit
- ^ Hanks, Patrick (2003). Dictionary of American Family Names. Vol. 1. Oxford University Press. p. 178. ISBN 0199771693.
- ^ "How common is your last name?". Newsday. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
- ^ "Hillenburg Name Meaning & Hillenburg Family History at Ancestry.com®". www.ancestry.com. Retrieved 2024-05-03.
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