Heightley Surname

1,637,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 122 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Heightley Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Heightley Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1041:535,75133,356
United States131:27,881,456736,413
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England421:580,36629,847

Heightley Last Name Facts

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

Heightley is borne by more people in England than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Heightley? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,637,889th most frequently occurring last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 59,733,983 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 88 percent of Heightley reside; 87 percent reside in Northern Europe and 87 percent reside in British Isles.

This surname is most commonly held in England, where it is held by 104 people, or 1 in 535,751. In England Heightley is most frequent in: Durham, where 43 percent reside, Tyne and Wear, where 11 percent reside and East Sussex, where 8 percent reside. Aside from England this surname occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 11 percent reside and Canada, where 1 percent reside.

Heightley Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Heightley has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Heightley surname rose 248 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Heightly942/
Hightley940/
Heitley880/
Hightly880/
Heaitley8212/
Hightily822/
Heightel821/
Hightlet820/
Hetley8067/
Hitley801/
Heitle801/
Heatley754,464/
Heitele75162/
Heitaly752/
Heidtle751/
Heidley751/
Haitley751/
Hewtley750/
Heetley750/
Heteley750/
Hightlloyd742/
Hetle71171/
Highdale71103/
Heitl7188/
Hetly7125/
Hehtl714/
Hewittle712/
Hightill711/
Hitle711/
Hitly711/
Heateley710/
Houghtilley700/
Hedley6710,979/
Hatley679,365/
Hittle672,735/
Hutley671,663/
Heatly67444/
Heidle67332/
Heitel67263/
Hettle67220/
Hitale67214/
Huitle67125/
Hidley6787/
Heutle6756/
Hetele6731/
Hedhly6730/
Huetle6724/
Haetly6720/
Hotley6711/
Hetale6711/
Hitole677/
Hetole676/
Heitlo675/
Hedile674/
Heitol674/
Hitlei672/
Hetile672/
Heatle672/
Hitaly672/
Heidly672/
Heital672/
Heitielly671/
Hettly671/
Houghtale671/
Hightowel671/
Hittly671/
Hitlle671/
Hoetle671/
Hetlie671/
Haitly670/
Houghtile670/
Hietly670/
Heotle670/
Hetily670/
Goughtly595/

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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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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • 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 Heightley
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