Highers Surname
Approximately 325 people bear this surname
Highers Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 318 | 1:1,139,808 | 81,930 |
| Canada | 6 | 1:6,140,932 | 260,641 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 39 | 1:1,287,659 | 71,386 |
Highers Demographics
Highers Political Affiliation
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Highers Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Highers Come From? nationality or country of origin
Highers occurs in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Highers? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 844,382nd most commonly held surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 22,423,218 people. The surname Highers is mostly found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Highers reside; 100 percent reside in North America and 100 percent reside in Anglo-North America.
The last name Highers is most common in The United States, where it is held by 318 people, or 1 in 1,139,808. In The United States Highers is most numerous in: Tennessee, where 38 percent live, New York, where 11 percent live and Florida, where 10 percent live. Outside of The United States this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 2 percent live and Iran, where 0 percent live.
Highers Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Highers has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 815 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Highers Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Highers surname are 8.84% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 62.07% registered to vote for the political party.
Highers earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 9.73% less than the national average, earning $38,950 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Higers | 92 | 1 | / |
| Heigers | 86 | 89 | / |
| Higgers | 86 | 10 | / |
| Hingers | 86 | 9 | / |
| Higuers | 86 | 1 | / |
| Eighers | 86 | 1 | / |
| Igers | 83 | 62 | / |
| Huijgers | 80 | 18 | / |
| Heijgers | 80 | 1 | / |
| Chiggers | 80 | 0 | / |
| Hegers | 77 | 135 | / |
| Ingers | 77 | 110 | / |
| Gigers | 77 | 39 | / |
| Igerst | 77 | 13 | / |
| Iggers | 77 | 11 | / |
| Hygers | 77 | 5 | / |
| Eigers | 77 | 1 | / |
| Iogers | 77 | 1 | / |
| Eghers | 77 | 0 | / |
| Jeghers | 71 | 121 | / |
| Giggers | 71 | 102 | / |
| Heggers | 71 | 102 | / |
| Heegers | 71 | 20 | / |
| Hägerås | 71 | 15 | / |
| Hengers | 71 | 10 | / |
| Jiggers | 71 | 3 | / |
| Jhegers | 71 | 2 | / |
| Enghers | 71 | 1 | / |
| Aiggers | 71 | 1 | / |
| Geghers | 71 | 1 | / |
| Hegerse | 71 | 1 | / |
| Huygers | 71 | 1 | / |
| Jéghers | 71 | 1 | / |
| Heygers | 71 | 1 | / |
| Hingirs | 71 | 1 | / |
| Egers | 67 | 354 | / |
| Jingerås | 67 | 7 | / |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Highers
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