Hight Surname

62,127th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8,085 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Suriname

Hight Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Hight Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States7,4681:48,5355,881
New Zealand3151:14,3762,523
England631:884,41445,970
Suriname451:12,2803,102
Australia361:749,88148,970
Canada261:1,417,13898,245
Philippines261:3,893,778155,597
South Africa231:2,355,55298,611
Russia181:8,006,836292,169
Wales81:386,81619,671
Netherlands61:2,814,529101,176
Israel51:1,711,52784,568
France41:16,605,680368,153
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Belarus21:4,750,530139,516
Panama21:1,956,12915,285
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1591:153,30413,459
Scotland21:1,871,60827,884
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,6931:29,6633,608

Hight (39) may also be a first name.

Hight Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Hight Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Hight (Arabic: هايت) is more commonly found in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Hight click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Hight? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 62,127th most commonly occurring surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 901,366 people. Hight is predominantly found in The Americas, where 89 percent of Hight live; 89 percent live in North America and 89 percent live in Anglo-North America. Hight is also the 1,637,361st most numerous first name globally, held by 39 people.

This surname is most commonly held in The United States, where it is carried by 7,468 people, or 1 in 48,535. In The United States Hight is most prevalent in: Texas, where 14 percent are found, California, where 9 percent are found and North Carolina, where 7 percent are found. Other than The United States this surname is found in 38 countries. It is also common in New Zealand, where 4 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.

Hight Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Hight has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Hight surname rose 441 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it declined 60 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it rose 800 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Hight Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Hight last name are 15.73% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 62.5% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Hight earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 17.6% less than the national average, earning R 195,816 per year; in United States they earn 3.43% less than the national average, earning $41,671 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.71% more than the national average, earning $55,502 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Haight9110,500/
Height912,782/
Hights91159/
Khight9113/
Huight918/
Hieght915/
Hoight913/
Highte910/
Ight890/
Heights8318/
Haights834/
Hieghtt831/
Heightz830/
Heighte830/
Eight80101/
Hyght8021/
Highs809/
Aight801/
Heght801/
Hught801/
Gight800/
Huighe7383/
Eights7330/
Haighs7318/
Heighe737/
Heighs735/
Jinght733/
Heiget733/
Heghts732/
Haighe731/
Aighte731/
Haighd731/
Hughtt730/
Henght730/
Hoyght730/
Hayght730/
Hyghts730/
Huijghe6730/
Ught6715/
Igdt672/
Higx671/
Higj671/
Igxh671/
Igdh671/
Ighh671/
Chaiget671/
Eght671/
Chaighe671/
Ighz671/

Hight Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Hight in the Arabic language
هايتhayt-

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Hight Reference & Research

Hite-Hoyt FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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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 Hight
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