Higgan Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Higgan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| New Zealand | 2 | 1:2,264,162 | 49,210 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 9 | 1:2,708,374 | 73,770 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:1,568,416 | 19,290 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 45 | 1:1,115,971 | 64,142 |
Higgan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Higgan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Higgan (Hindi: हिग्गन) has its highest incidence in Australia. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Higgan click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Higgan? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 7,117,718th most widespread family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. It occurs mostly in Oceania, where 57 percent of Higgan are found; 57 percent are found in Australasia and 57 percent are found in Australia and New Zealand.
This surname is most frequently held in Australia, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 13,497,850. In Australia Higgan is primarily found in: New South Wales, where 100 percent live. Beside Australia this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also common in New Zealand, where 29 percent live and The United States, where 29 percent live.
Higgan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Higgan has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name contracted 96 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Higgan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Higgan in the Hindi language | ||
| हिग्गन | higgana | - |
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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 Higgan
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