Higley Surname
Approximately 6,496 people bear this surname
Higley Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5,871 | 1:61,737 | 7,235 |
| England | 407 | 1:136,899 | 13,394 |
| Australia | 60 | 1:449,928 | 35,109 |
| South Africa | 48 | 1:1,128,702 | 66,097 |
| Canada | 21 | 1:1,754,552 | 114,935 |
| Wales | 15 | 1:206,302 | 13,003 |
| New Zealand | 15 | 1:301,888 | 25,890 |
| France | 10 | 1:6,642,272 | 293,169 |
| Norway | 8 | 1:642,786 | 47,258 |
| Isle of Man | 7 | 1:12,260 | 2,387 |
| Germany | 6 | 1:13,417,576 | 340,600 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Chile | 3 | 1:5,872,158 | 52,204 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Honduras | 2 | 1:4,408,221 | 7,709 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,429,866 | 40,727 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 256 | 1:95,216 | 9,764 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:1,568,416 | 19,290 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,127 | 1:44,560 | 5,162 |
Higley (35) may also be a first name.
Higley Demographics
Average Male Higley Height
177.23 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Higley Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Higley Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Higley occurs more in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Higley.
How Common Is The Last Name Higley? popularity and diffusion
It is the 75,540th most widely held last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 1,121,851 people. The last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 91 percent of Higley live; 90 percent live in North America and 90 percent live in Anglo-North America. Higley is also the 1,744,716th most commonly held forename internationally. It is borne by 35 people.
This last name is most frequent in The United States, where it is held by 5,871 people, or 1 in 61,737. In The United States it is most common in: Utah, where 12 percent live, California, where 9 percent live and Nevada, where 8 percent live. Without taking into account The United States it occurs in 26 countries. It also occurs in England, where 6 percent live and Australia, where 1 percent live.
Higley Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Higley has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Higley last name expanded 521 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 159 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it expanded 1,500 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Higley Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is primarily Anglican (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States Higley are 25.37% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 72.14% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Higley earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 277.73% more than the national average, earning 1,307,260 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 11.32% more than the national average, earning R 264,528 per year; in United States they earn 2.82% more than the national average, earning $44,365 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.47% more than the national average, earning $54,884 CAD per year.
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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 Higley
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