Heights Surname

4,649,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Philippines

Heights Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Heights Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines131:7,787,556197,164
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England71:3,482,19689,582
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

Heights (52) may also be a first name.

Heights Last Name Facts

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

The last name Heights is found in The Philippines more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Heights? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 4,649,889th most widely held family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 404,863,662 people. This surname is mostly found in Asia, where 72 percent of Heights are found; 72 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 72 percent are found in Fil-Southeast Asia. It is also the 1,381,723rd most common forename in the world, borne by 52 people.

It is most commonly held in The Philippines, where it is borne by 13 people, or 1 in 7,787,556. In The Philippines it is most common in: Ilocos, where 85 percent live, Calabarzon, where 8 percent live and Central Luzon, where 8 percent live. Besides The Philippines Heights is found in 2 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 22 percent live and Canada, where 6 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Height922,782/
Hights92159/
Eights9230/
Heghts922/
Haights864/
Hieghts861/
Heightz860/
Heighte860/
Hight838,085/
Eight83101/
Heght831/
Heuightt800/
Haight7710,500/
Hoeght7720/
Khight7713/
Huight778/
Hieght775/
Heiget773/
Hoight773/
Eiight771/
Hyghts770/
Henght770/
Highte770/
Eght731/
Ight730/
Haughts713/
Haiight711/
Hieghtt711/
Haieght710/
Houghts710/
Hyght6721/
Aight671/
Haght671/
Gight670/

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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 Heights
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