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This surname Hillenburg could come from the following origins.

1. It could be of German origin. The origins and meaning are defined by www.ancestry.com here below.

Hillenburg - German: possibly a variant spelling of Hellenberg, a habitational name from a place so named near Dortmund.

The surname Hillenburg could also be a variant of German surname Helberg.

2. It could be of Jewish origin, probably being a variant of Jewish surname Hellberg.

3. It could be of Swedish origin, probably a variant of Swedish surname: Hellberg. Here is the meaning and origins of Hellberg by www.ancestry.com.

Hellberg - North German and Norwegian: variant spelling of Helberg.

- Swedish: ornamental name from häll 'stone', 'rock' + berg 'mountain'.

- Jewish (Ashkenazic): ornamental name composed of German hell 'light', 'bright' + Berg 'mountain', 'hill'.

4. It could be of Norweagian origin, perhaps being a variant of Norweagian surname: Helberg. The surname Helberg is also defined by ancestry.com.

Helberg - German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): habitational name from any of various places called Hel(l)berg or in Lower Rhine-Westphalia, Lower Saxony, and Bavaria.

- Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant spelling of Hellberg.

- Norwegian: habitational name from any of several farmsteads so named, either from the female personal name Helga or from Old Norse heilagr 'holy', 'sacred', or hella'flagstone' + berg 'rock', 'mountain'.

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