# Haigh (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/haigh/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,727 |
| US rank (2010) | 11,534 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 113,218 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.0% (2,701 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

English surname, derived from the place in Yorkshire. It derives from Old English haga (“enclosure”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Haigh in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 94% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Haigh in the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom.

## People named Haigh

- Nancy Haigh, American set designer
- Robert Haigh, Australian field hockey player
- Kenneth Haigh, British actor (1931-2018)

## Similar surnames

Ha, High, Haugh, Haag, Hash, Haug, Haga, Hage, Hagy, Haig, Haughey, Haji.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.