This is a list of surnames in which the description contains the keyword hill.
AchterbergDutch, German From the name of various places in the Netherlands and Germany, for example the village of achterberg in Utrecht. The place names are derived from Low German achter "behind" and berg "mountain, hill".
AgramuntCatalan Originally denoted a person from the town of Agramunt, Spain. It means "field hill" in Catalan.
AkiyamaJapanese From Japanese 秋 (aki) meaning "autumn" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill".
AoyamaJapanese From Japanese 青 (ao) meaning "green, blue" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill".
ArendonkDutch Denoted a person from Arendonk, a town between in northern Belgium. It is derived from arend "eagle" and donk "hill".
BarlowEnglish Derived from a number of English place names that variously mean "barley hill", "barn hill", "boar clearing" or "barley clearing".
BöhlerGerman Derived from the name of several German towns called Boll or Böhl, meaning "hill".
BrandonEnglish From the name of various places in England meaning "hill covered with broom" in Old English.
BrayEnglish From a place name derived from Cornish bre"hill".
BrentEnglish Originally derived from the name of a hill (or the village nearby) in Somerset, perhaps derived from a Celtic word meaning "hill".
BrownlowEnglish From Old English brun meaning "brown" and hlaw meaning "mound, small hill". The name was probably given to a family living on a small hill covered with bracken.
BurrowsEnglish Topographic name derived from Old English beorg meaning "hill, mountain" or burg meaning "fort". Alternatively, it could come from a compound of bur "room, cottage, dwelling" and hus "house".
CantrellEnglish Originally a name for someone from Cantrell in Devon, from an unknown first element and Old English hyll meaning "hill".
ChurchillEnglish From an English place name meaning "church hill". A famous bearer was Winston Churchill (1874-1965), the British prime minister during World War II.
CowdenEnglish From various English place names, which meaning either "coal valley", "coal hill" or "cow pasture" in Old English.
CuéllarSpanish Derived from the name of the town of Cuéllar in the Segovia province of Spain. It may be derived from Latin collis meaning "hill".
DownerEnglish Name for someone who lived on or near a down, which is an English word meaning "hill".
DupuyFrench Means "from the hill", from Occitan puy "hill", from Latin podium "platform".
FujiokaJapanese From Japanese 藤 (fuji) meaning "wisteria" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".
FultonEnglish From the name of the English town of Foulden, Norfolk, meaning "bird hill" in Old English.
HadenEnglish From a place name derived from Old English hæþ "heath" and dun "hill".
HaightEnglish Topographic name for someone who lived at the top of a hill, derived from Old English heahþu"height, summit".
HalmiHungarian Derived from Hungarian halom meaning "mound, small hill". Originally the name was given to someone who lived near or on a hill.
HamiltonEnglish, Scottish From an English place name, derived from Old English hamel "crooked, mutilated" and dun "hill". This was the name of a town in Leicestershire, England (which no longer exists).
HarlowEnglish Habitational name derived from a number of locations named Harlow, from Old English hær "rock, heap of stones" or here "army", combined with hlaw "hill".
HartellEnglish From various place names derived from Old English heorot "hart, male deer" and hyll "hill".
HaugenNorwegian Means "hill" in Norwegian, referring to a person who lived on a hilltop.
Hayden 1English From place names meaning either "hay valley" or "hay hill", derived from Old English heg "hay" and denu "valley" or dun "hill".
HayterEnglish Name for a person who lived on a hill, from Middle English heyt meaning "height".
HillEnglish Originally given to a person who lived on or near a hill, derived from Old English hyll.
HillamEnglish From English places by this name, derived from Old English hyll meaning "hill".
HiltonEnglish From various English place names derived from Old English hyll "hill" and tun "enclosure, town". Famous bearers of this name include the Hilton family of hotel heirs.
LyndonEnglish Originally from a place name meaning "linden tree hill" in Old English.
Lyon 1English, French Originally denoted a person from the city of Lyon in central France, originally Latin Lugdunum, of Gaulish origin meaning "hill fort of Lugus". It could also denote a person from the small town of Lyons-la-Forêt in Normandy.
MäkeläFinnish Means "the place of the hill" in Finnish.
MäkinenFinnish Derived from Finnish mäki meaning "hill".
MatsuokaJapanese From Japanese 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".
Merrill 2English From the name of various places in England, derived from Old English myrige "pleasant" and hyll "hill".
MontesSpanish From Spanish monte"mountain, hill", derived from Latin mons.
MontiItalian Means "mountain, hill" in Italian, from Latin mons.
MontoyaSpanish From the name of a village in the province of Álava in Spain. It is possibly of Basque origin, or possibly from Latin mons "mountain, hill".
OdellEnglish Originally denoted a person who was from Odell in Bedfordshire, derived from Old English wad "woad" (a plant that produces a blue dye) and hyll "hill".
OelbergGerman Means "oil hill" from Middle High German öl "oil" and berg "mountain, hill".
OkabeJapanese From Japanese 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge" and 部 (be) meaning "part, section".
OkamotoJapanese From Japanese 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".
OkamuraJapanese From Japanese 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".
OkazakiJapanese From Japanese 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge" and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".
OteroSpanish Means "hill, knoll, height" in Spanish.
PeakEnglish Originally indicated a dweller by a pointed hill, from Old English peac"peak". It could also denote a person from the Peak District in Derbyshire, England.
PembertonEnglish From the name of a town near Manchester, derived from Celtic penn meaning "hill" combined with Old English bere meaning "barley" and tun meaning "enclosure, yard, town".
SwindlehurstEnglish From the place name Swinglehurst in the Forest of Bowland in central Lancashire, derived from Old English swin "swine, pig", hyll "hill" and hyrst "wood, grove".
ToledanoSpanish Derived from the name of the city of Toledo in Spain, which was from Latin Toletum, which may have been derived from a Celtic word meaning "hill".
TomiokaJapanese From Japanese 富 (tomi) meaning "wealth, abundance" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".
Van DonkDutch Means "from the hill", derived from Dutch donk meaning "(sandy) hill".
Van LeeuwenDutch Means "from Leeuwen", the name of towns in the Dutch provinces of Gelderland and Limburd. The place names may be from the Old Dutch word leo meaning "hill, burial mound".
WhittleEnglish From various English place names derived from Old English hwit "white" and hyll "hill".
WinslowEnglish Derived from an Old English place name meaning "hill belonging to Wine".