Highy Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Highy Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:85,822 | 4,091 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 7 | 1:3,482,196 | 89,582 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Highy Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Highy Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Highy is carried by more people in England than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Highy click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Highy? popularity and diffusion
The last name Highy is the 6,723,624th most frequently used surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 88 percent of Highy are found; 88 percent are found in Northern Europe and 88 percent are found in British Isles.
The last name Highy is most numerous in England, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 9,286,343. In England Highy is most common in: Berkshire, where 83 percent reside and East Riding of Yorkshire, where 17 percent reside. Apart from England it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The Isle of Man, where 13 percent reside and The United States, where 13 percent reside.
Highy Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Highy has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Highy last name declined 14 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it declined 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Highy
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