English: topographic name for someone who lived or worked on or near a hill or slope, or in hilly country, from Middle English hil(le) ‘hill’ or helde ‘slope’ + -man. Compare Hellman .

Americanized form of German Hillmann .

Similar surnames also included in this proect:

HEILMAN
HEILMANN
HELMAN
HELLMAN
HILEMAN
HILMAN
HILMANN
HILLERMAN
HILLMON
HJELLMAN