Higney Surname
Approximately 419 people bear this surname
Higney Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 188 | 1:1,927,973 | 124,806 |
| Scotland | 77 | 1:69,530 | 5,379 |
| Canada | 62 | 1:594,284 | 49,093 |
| England | 57 | 1:977,510 | 48,999 |
| Northern Ireland | 20 | 1:92,252 | 5,957 |
| Australia | 9 | 1:2,999,522 | 116,751 |
| Ireland | 3 | 1:1,569,646 | 17,286 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:85,822 | 4,091 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 37 | 1:119,726 | 7,101 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 18 | 1:207,956 | 7,652 |
| England | 7 | 1:3,482,196 | 89,582 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 59 | 1:851,164 | 52,255 |
Higney Demographics
Average Higney Salary in
United States
$47,402 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Higney Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Higney Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Higney is more frequently found in The United States than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Higney? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 702,422nd most commonly occurring surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 17,392,711 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 56 percent of Higney reside; 56 percent reside in North America and 56 percent reside in Anglo-North America.
This last name is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is held by 188 people, or 1 in 1,927,973. In The United States Higney is most prevalent in: Massachusetts, where 21 percent are found, Colorado, where 15 percent are found and Tennessee, where 10 percent are found. Aside from The United States this surname exists in 9 countries. It is also found in Scotland, where 18 percent are found and Canada, where 15 percent are found.
Higney Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Higney has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Higney last name grew 319 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 428 percent between 1881 and 2014; in England it grew 814 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 92 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Higney Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Higney last name is primarily Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States Higney are 13.44% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 66.67% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Higney earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 9.86% more than the national average, earning $47,402 USD per year and in Canada they earn 39.46% more than the national average, earning $69,286 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
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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 Higney
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