Highbough Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

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

Highbough Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Highbough Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Highbough Last Name Facts

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

Highbough is held by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Highbough? popularity and diffusion

The surname Highbough is the 8,968,613th most frequently occurring last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The last name Highbough occurs mostly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Highbough live; 100 percent live in North America and 100 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most frequently used in The United States, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 90,614,733. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: Kentucky, where 75 percent are found and Indiana, where 25 percent are found.

Highbough Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Highbough has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Highbough last name expanded 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Highbough Last Name Statistics demography

Highbough earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 22.46% less than the national average, earning $33,458 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Highbugh941/
Highbaugh89567/
Igbough8850/
Heighbaugh841/
Highbeaugh840/
Ingbough8234/
Chigboug821/
Igbugh8062/
Heigbaugh781/
Highvaugh781/
Chigbog751/
Igbuogh751/
Heingbaugh742/
Higboc6729/
Ugbugh679/
Igbagh677/
Egbugh672/
Igbouk671/
Highbucks671/
Higbok671/

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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 Highbough
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