How common is the surname Higginbotham?

14,489 people in the United States had the surname Higginbotham in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 21,309 Americans. It ranked 2,492nd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Higginbotham?

Joan Higginbotham, American engineer and NASA astronaut, followed by Danny Higginbotham.

Where is the surname Higginbotham most common?

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

Is the surname Higginbotham getting more or less common?

More common. 14,404 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 14,489 in 2010, up 0.6%.

What are other spellings of Higginbotham?

Hickenbottom, Higgenbotham, Higginbottom and Higinbotham.

The surname Higginbotham

An English place surname, carried by 14,489 people in the United States.

4 syllables Soundex H251

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Higginbotham is more common than 98.5% of them.

Origin

English origin

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

Higginbotham is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 14,489 people named Higginbotham in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 21,309 Americans. That is up 0.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 14,404.

#2,492

rank among US surnames

14,489

people in 2010

4.9

per 100,000 Americans

+0.6%

change since 2000 (was #2,304)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,483	Lorenz	14,528	21,252
#2,484	Crook	14,526	21,255
#2,485	Loomis	14,518	21,266
#2,486	Salmon	14,511	21,277
#2,488	Centeno	14,510	21,278
#2,489	Roark	14,509	21,280
#2,490	Hostetler	14,505	21,285

Who is named Higginbotham

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

89% of people named Higginbotham identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 89%
Black (not Hispanic) 6.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 1.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Higginbothams

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Joan Higginbotham
American engineer and NASA astronaut, born 1964
Danny Higginbotham
British association football player (born 1978)
Scott Higginbotham
Australian rugby union player, born 1986

Notable Higginbothams come mostly from the United States (1), the United Kingdom (1) and Australia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Hickenbottom
Higgenbotham
Higginbottom
Higinbotham

Surnames that sound like Higginbotham

Higginbottom

Higginbotham has the Soundex code H251, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H251.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Higginbotham come from?: Habitational surname from a minor place in Lancashire, now called Oakenbottom, from Old English ǣċen (“oaken”) + botm (“bottom; broad valley”).
How common is the surname Higginbotham?: 14,489 people in the United States had the surname Higginbotham in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 21,309 Americans. It ranked 2,492nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Higginbotham?: In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Higginbotham identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Higginbotham?: Joan Higginbotham, American engineer and NASA astronaut, followed by Danny Higginbotham.
Where is the surname Higginbotham most common?: Wikidata records people named Higginbotham in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia.
What type of surname is Higginbotham?: Higginbotham is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Higginbotham getting more or less common?: More common. 14,404 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 14,489 in 2010, up 0.6%.
What are other spellings of Higginbotham?: Hickenbottom, Higgenbotham, Higginbottom and Higinbotham.