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.
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Higley Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Higley Come From? nationality or country of origin
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
The last name Higley is the 75,540th most frequently held surname globally, held by around 1 in 1,121,851 people. The surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 91 percent of Higley are found; 90 percent are found in North America and 90 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,744,716th most frequently occurring first name on earth, borne by 35 people.
The last name Higley is most widely held in The United States, where it is borne by 5,871 people, or 1 in 61,737. In The United States Higley is most frequent in: Utah, where 12 percent are found, California, where 9 percent are found and Nevada, where 8 percent are found. Not including The United States this surname exists in 26 countries. It is also found in England, where 6 percent are found and Australia, where 1 percent are found.
Higley Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Higley has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the 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 adherence of those bearing the Higley last name is predominantly Anglican (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Higley last name are 25.37% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 72.14% being registered with 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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