Haghighat Surname

44,717th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11,620 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Iran

Haghighat Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Haghighat Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iran11,0021:6,979969
United States3351:1,081,96778,689
Canada931:396,18935,081
England451:1,238,17956,985
Sweden301:328,22522,987
Germany211:3,833,593163,016
Netherlands181:938,17663,634
Australia121:2,249,64297,973
United Arab Emirates121:763,52325,625
Malaysia71:4,213,461150,293
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Norway41:1,285,57269,185
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Turkey31:25,940,474162,557
France31:22,140,907385,998
Belgium31:3,832,215117,288
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813

Haghighat Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Haghighat Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Haghighat is found most frequently in Iran. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Haghighat? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 44,717th most frequent family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 627,155 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 95 percent of Haghighat are found; 95 percent are found in South Asia and 95 percent are found in Islamic South Asia.

This last name is most commonly held in Iran, where it is borne by 11,002 people, or 1 in 6,979. In Iran it is most frequent in: Tehran Province, where 21 percent are found, Fars Province, where 14 percent are found and Gilan Province, where 11 percent are found. Besides Iran this last name exists in 36 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 3 percent are found and Canada, where 1 percent are found.

Haghighat Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Haghighat last name are 7.95% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 54.72% being registered with the political party.

The amount Haghighat earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 7.76% more than the national average, earning 372,933 kr per year; in United States they earn 46.6% more than the national average, earning $63,258 USD per year and in Canada they earn 48.89% more than the national average, earning $73,972 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Haghighate952/
Haghighast951/
Haghighatp951/
Hagighat944/
Haghigat943/
Aghighat941/
Khayghighat901/
Haghigaat891/
Haghıghat891/
Hagheghat891/
Haghigaht891/
Hagigat8818/
Hagheeghat841/
Haggigat821/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Haghighat
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