Higgingbottom Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Higgingbottom Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Higgingbottom Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:13,929,515290,718
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England251:975,01539,671

Higgingbottom Last Name Facts

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

The last name Higgingbottom occurs most in England. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Higgingbottom? popularity and diffusion

Higgingbottom is the 6,723,624th most prevalent family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. Higgingbottom is primarily found in Europe, where 50 percent of Higgingbottom live; 50 percent live in Northern Europe and 50 percent live in British Isles.

The surname is most widely held in England, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 13,929,515. In England Higgingbottom is mostly found in: South Yorkshire, where 100 percent are found. Beside England Higgingbottom exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 38 percent are found and Australia, where 13 percent are found.

Higgingbottom Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Higgingbottom has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Higgingbottom last name fell 84 percent between 1881 and 2014.

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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 Higgingbottom
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