# Higginbotham (surname)

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

A surname from Old English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 14,489 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,492 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 21,309 people |
| Change since 2000 | +0.6% (14,404 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Hickenbottom, Higgenbotham, Higginbottom, Higinbotham |

## Etymology

Habitational surname from a minor place in Lancashire, now called Oakenbottom, from Old English ǣċen (“oaken”) + botm (“bottom; broad valley”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Higginbotham 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) | 89% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 6.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.8% |

## Where

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

## People named Higginbotham

- Joan Higginbotham, American engineer and NASA astronaut
- Danny Higginbotham, British association football player (born 1978)
- Scott Higginbotham, Australian rugby union player

## Similar surnames

Higginbottom, Hockenberry, Hackenberg, Hixenbaugh, Hickenbottom, Hüseynov.

## 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.