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
The last name Higgan (Hindi: हिग्गन) is held by more people in Australia than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Higgan? popularity and diffusion
It is the 7,117,718th most widely held last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. This surname is mostly found in Oceania, where 57 percent of Higgan live; 57 percent live in Australasia and 57 percent live in Australia and New Zealand.
The surname is most numerous in Australia, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 13,497,850. In Australia Higgan is most frequent in: New South Wales, where 100 percent reside. Barring Australia Higgan is found in 3 countries. It is also common in New Zealand, where 29 percent reside and The United States, where 29 percent reside.
Higgan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Higgan has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Higgan surname declined 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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