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
Highness is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Highness? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,746,821st most numerous family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 145,750,918 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 68 percent of Highness reside; 66 percent reside in West Africa and 66 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Highness is also the 291,524th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world. It is borne by 790 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 33 people, or 1 in 5,367,962. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Bayelsa, where 42 percent are found, Delta, where 33 percent are found and Rivers, where 24 percent are found. Barring Nigeria this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Iran, where 28 percent are found and India, where 2 percent are found.
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
- 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 Highness
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