Higgison Surname

713,660th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 410 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
New Zealand

Higgison Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Higgison Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1201:3,020,491176,226
New Zealand1111:40,7966,843
Australia591:457,55435,515
Canada521:708,56956,910
England391:1,428,66862,556
Scotland251:214,15311,205
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland131:340,75912,983
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England651:375,00623,176
Scotland151:249,5488,553
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States331:1,521,77881,120

Higgison Last Name Facts

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

Higgison is more commonly found in The United States than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Higgison? popularity and diffusion

The surname Higgison is the 713,660th most commonly occurring family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 17,774,502 people. This surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 42 percent of Higgison are found; 42 percent are found in North America and 42 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most prevalent in The United States, where it is carried by 120 people, or 1 in 3,020,491. In The United States it is most common in: Michigan, where 30 percent reside, Georgia, where 13 percent reside and Virginia, where 11 percent reside. Excluding The United States this last name occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in New Zealand, where 27 percent reside and Australia, where 14 percent reside.

Higgison Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Higgison has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Higgison last name expanded 364 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it fell 40 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 167 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it fell 85 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Higgison Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is chiefly Presbyterian (54%) in Ireland.

In The United States Higgison are 14.63% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 67.86% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Higgison earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 9.62% less than the national average, earning $38,996 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.81% less than the national average, earning $47,291 CAD per year.

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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 Higgison
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