Highness Surname
Approximately 50 people bear this surname
Highness Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 33 | 1:5,367,962 | 136,856 |
| Iran | 14 | 1:5,484,466 | 128,255 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Highness (790) may also be a first name.
Highness Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Highness Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Highness is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Highness? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,746,821st most widespread last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 145,750,918 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 68 percent of Highness reside; 66 percent reside in West Africa and 66 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 291,524th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world, held by 790 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 33 people, or 1 in 5,367,962. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Bayelsa, where 42 percent live, Delta, where 33 percent live and Rivers, where 24 percent live. Outside of Nigeria this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Iran, where 28 percent live and India, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Highnes | 93 | 4 | / |
| Higness | 93 | 1 | / |
| Hignes | 86 | 3 | / |
| Chignesse | 82 | 60 | / |
| Hegness | 80 | 26 | / |
| Chignes | 80 | 7 | / |
| Ingness | 80 | 3 | / |
| Ighnesh | 80 | 1 | / |
| Heignes | 80 | 1 | / |
| Highney | 80 | 1 | / |
| Hignesh | 80 | 1 | / |
| Hughnes | 80 | 0 | / |
| Highner | 80 | 0 | / |
| Haignes | 80 | 0 | / |
| Higgnes | 80 | 0 | / |
| Ignes | 77 | 1,221 | / |
| Ighne | 77 | 16 | / |
| Higne | 77 | 13 | / |
| Highnett | 75 | 20 | / |
| Higneshe | 75 | 1 | / |
| Eghnesse | 75 | 0 | / |
| Chigne | 71 | 983 | / |
| Jignes | 71 | 766 | / |
| Higney | 71 | 419 | / |
| Hingne | 71 | 396 | / |
| Hignet | 71 | 182 | / |
| Hegnes | 71 | 117 | / |
| Hugnes | 71 | 40 | / |
| Ighner | 71 | 23 | / |
| Higner | 71 | 16 | / |
| Aignes | 71 | 12 | / |
| Ingnes | 71 | 10 | / |
| Hoigne | 71 | 5 | / |
| Hignis | 71 | 4 | / |
| Igneus | 71 | 4 | / |
| Egness | 71 | 4 | / |
| Igneis | 71 | 3 | / |
| Ignesh | 71 | 2 | / |
| Ignese | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ignets | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chegnesse | 71 | 1 | / |
| Iggnes | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ignnes | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chaighner | 71 | 0 | / |
| Eighne | 71 | 0 | / |
| Chaigne | 67 | 2,389 | / |
| Hignett | 67 | 2,146 | / |
| Igne | 67 | 1,242 | / |
| Haigney | 67 | 289 | / |
| Jignesh | 67 | 281 | / |
| Eighner | 67 | 120 | / |
| Haigner | 67 | 118 | / |
| Aighner | 67 | 99 | / |
| Hoingne | 67 | 73 | / |
| Heggnes | 67 | 53 | / |
| Gigneys | 67 | 41 | / |
| Heigner | 67 | 32 | / |
| Chegnes | 67 | 31 | / |
| Engness | 67 | 23 | / |
| Cheigne | 67 | 21 | / |
| Higgnis | 67 | 3 | / |
| Chigner | 67 | 3 | / |
| Eighney | 67 | 3 | / |
| Chingne | 67 | 3 | / |
| Huignez | 67 | 2 | / |
| Jigneus | 67 | 2 | / |
| Hegnesh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jiggnes | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eignese | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chigneh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chignez | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chignne | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hignehe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Huggnes | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gignesh | 67 | 0 | / |
| Higgney | 67 | 0 | / |
| Heignet | 67 | 0 | / |
| Eighnez | 67 | 0 | / |
| Higgnet | 67 | 0 | / |
| Eighene | 67 | 0 | / |
| Gaignes | 67 | 0 | / |
| Heigney | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Highness
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