Hignet Surname
Approximately 182 people bear this surname
Hignet Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 156 | 1:425,787 | 61,887 |
| England | 13 | 1:4,286,005 | 132,302 |
| United States | 13 | 1:27,881,456 | 736,413 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 8 | 1:3,046,921 | 80,371 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:3,743,216 | 32,299 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 35 | 1:1,434,820 | 77,606 |
Hignet Demographics
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Hignet Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hignet Come From? nationality or country of origin
Hignet is carried by more people in France than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hignet? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,263,456th most widespread family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 40,041,461 people. The surname Hignet occurs mostly in Europe, where 93 percent of Hignet are found; 86 percent are found in Western Europe and 86 percent are found in Gallo-Europe.
The last name is most numerous in France, where it is held by 156 people, or 1 in 425,787. In France it is most prevalent in: Brittany, where 97 percent are found, Île-de-France, where 1 percent are found and Pays de la Loire, where 1 percent are found. Without taking into account France this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in England, where 7 percent are found and The United States, where 7 percent are found.
Hignet Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Hignet has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Hignet last name rose 163 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it declined 63 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Hignet Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Hignet surname are 3.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 50% registered with the party.
Hignet earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 53.26% less than the national average, earning $20,167 USD 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
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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 Hignet
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