Higuita Surname

22,731st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 23,893 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Colombia
Highest density in:
Colombia

Higuita Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Higuita Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Colombia23,4611:2,036396
Venezuela1391:217,2965,691
United States1121:3,236,240185,654
Spain921:508,17425,386
Brazil271:7,928,679178,836
Ecuador211:757,42112,901
Canada71:5,263,656239,735
Chile51:3,523,29539,650
Costa Rica51:956,0146,058
England41:13,929,515290,718
Mexico31:41,375,40271,397
Nicaragua31:2,007,0306,490
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Peru21:15,892,06251,966
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706

Higuita Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Higuita Come From? nationality or country of origin

Higuita is borne by more people in Colombia than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Higuita? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 22,731st most prevalent last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 305,008 people. The last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Higuita live; 99 percent live in South America and 99 percent live in Caribbean South America.

This surname is most frequent in Colombia, where it is borne by 23,461 people, or 1 in 2,036. In Colombia it is most frequent in: Antioquia Department, where 87 percent are found, Valle del Cauca Department, where 3 percent are found and Risaralda Department, where 2 percent are found. Barring Colombia this last name exists in 22 countries. It is also common in Venezuela, where 1 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.

Higuita Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Higuita last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 100% registered with the political party.

The amount Higuita earn in different countries varies notably. In Colombia they earn 1.78% less than the national average, earning $22,297,600 COP per year; in United States they earn 11.53% more than the national average, earning $48,125 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.75% less than the national average, earning $46,824 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 Higuita
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