Highlander Surname
Approximately 653 people bear this surname
Highlander Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 607 | 1:597,132 | 48,676 |
| Brazil | 9 | 1:23,786,037 | 375,389 |
| Mexico | 4 | 1:31,031,551 | 63,627 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Argentina | 3 | 1:14,247,805 | 235,975 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 83 | 1:605,044 | 40,538 |
Highlander (167) may also be a first name.
Highlander Demographics
Average Highlander Salary in
United States
$41,285 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Highlander Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Highlander Come From? nationality or country of origin
Highlander is more frequently found in The United States than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Highlander? popularity and diffusion
The surname Highlander is the 503,100th most widely held surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 11,160,101 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 96 percent of Highlander are found; 94 percent are found in North America and 93 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 708,111th most frequently used forename on earth It is held by 167 people.
Highlander is most frequent in The United States, where it is borne by 607 people, or 1 in 597,132. In The United States it is primarily found in: Virginia, where 12 percent are found, Ohio, where 11 percent are found and Illinois, where 10 percent are found. Besides The United States this last name is found in 26 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 1 percent are found and Mexico, where 1 percent are found.
Highlander Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Highlander has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Highlander surname grew 731 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Highlander Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Highlander last name are 25.76% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 72.53% being registered to vote for the party.
Highlander earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 4.32% less than the national average, earning $41,285 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Higlander | 95 | 6 | / |
| Highlender | 90 | 4 | / |
| Jighlander | 90 | 1 | / |
| Inglander | 84 | 23 | / |
| Higlender | 84 | 1 | / |
| Eglander | 78 | 7 | / |
| Englander | 74 | 2,561 | / |
| Huglender | 74 | 1 | / |
| Heaglande | 74 | 0 | / |
| Iglandi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Eglande | 71 | 1 | / |
| Engländer | 63 | 186 | / |
| Euglender | 63 | 1 | / |
| Engelländer | 57 | 34 | / |
| Engellender | 57 | 32 | / |
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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 Highlander
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