Highest Surname
Approximately 14 people bear this surname
Highest Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Highest (70) may also be a first name.
Highest Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Highest Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Highest is found most in Nigeria. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Highest? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 5,213,395th most commonly occurring family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 520,538,994 people. Highest occurs predominantly in Africa, where 43 percent of Highest reside; 43 percent reside in West Africa and 43 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Highest is also the 1,162,016th most frequently occurring given name world-wide, held by 70 people.
This surname is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 29,523,793. In Nigeria Highest is most frequent in: Lagos, where 33 percent reside, Delta, where 17 percent reside and Rivers, where 17 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria Highest occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in China, where 14 percent reside and India, where 14 percent reside.
Highest Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Highest has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Highest surname rose 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Highiest | 93 | 1 | / |
| Higest | 92 | 1 | / |
| Hingest | 86 | 0 | / |
| Higeshte | 80 | 1 | / |
| Heigeist | 80 | 1 | / |
| Highyste | 80 | 0 | / |
| Eigest | 77 | 0 | / |
| Higiste | 71 | 2 | / |
| Heggest | 71 | 1 | / |
| Jingest | 71 | 1 | / |
| Yingest | 71 | 0 | / |
| Heguest | 71 | 0 | / |
| Higishte | 67 | 20 | / |
| Egest | 67 | 0 | / |
| Egeste | 62 | 17 | / |
| Eggest | 62 | 2 | / |
| Hegist | 62 | 1 | / |
| Yogest | 62 | 1 | / |
| Yguest | 62 | 1 | / |
| Engest | 62 | 0 | / |
| Hegiste | 57 | 335 | / |
| Engesæt | 57 | 30 | / |
| Hengist | 57 | 29 | / |
| Hegisht | 57 | 6 | / |
| Eguesth | 57 | 2 | / |
| Eggesth | 57 | 1 | / |
| Igishte | 57 | 1 | / |
| Yingist | 57 | 1 | / |
| Aigistp | 57 | 1 | / |
| Gingist | 57 | 0 | / |
| Enghist | 57 | 0 | / |
| Hegishte | 53 | 1,132 | / |
| Engesæth | 53 | 116 | / |
| Chaygeshtova | 53 | 2 | / |
| Heingist | 53 | 1 | / |
| Hegisthe | 53 | 1 | / |
| Hegishthe | 50 | 16 | / |
| Hengescht | 50 | 5 | / |
| Hegeeshte | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Highest
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis