The word Hilton or Hylton is a place name of English and Norwegian origin, which is also the source of a toponymic surname. At the time of the British Census of 1881,[1] the frequency of the surname Hilton was highest in Lancashire (5.3 times the British average), followed by Sussex, Lincolnshire, Westmorland, Cheshire, Norfolk and Bedfordshire. Its frequency was below national average in all the other British counties. Sometimes Hilton is found as a given name.

Hilton Hotel dynasty

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Members of the Hilton family associated with Conrad Hilton who founded Hilton hotels. This family take their name from a farm near Kløfta in Ullensaker, Norway.

  • Conrad Nicholson Hilton III, born 1960
  • Michael Otis Hilton, born 1961
  • William Barron Hilton Jr, born 1948
  • Hawley Anne Hilton, born 1949
  • Steven Michael Hilton, born 1950
  • Nicholas Conrad Hilton, born 1984
  • Daniel Kevin Hilton, born 1962
  • Ronald Jeffrey Hilton, born 1963

Other people

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Other people named Hilton or Hylton

References

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  1. ^ "Hilton Surname Meaning and Distribution". forebears.co.uk. Retrieved 25 January 2014