How common is the surname Higginbottom?

1,116 people in the United States had the surname Higginbottom in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 276,654 Americans. It ranked 22,924th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Higginbottom?

Kathy Staff, British actress (1928–2008).

Where is the surname Higginbottom most common?

Wikidata records people named Higginbottom in the United Kingdom.

Is the surname Higginbottom getting more or less common?

More common. 1,067 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,116 in 2010, up 4.6%.

The surname Higginbottom

A surname, carried by 1,116 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). Higginbottom is more common than 85.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,116 people named Higginbottom in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 276,654 Americans. That is up 4.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,067.

#22,924

rank among US surnames

1,116

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+4.6%

change since 2000 (was #22,505)

Who is named Higginbottom

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

70% of people named Higginbottom identified as white (not Hispanic), 26% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 70%
Black (not Hispanic) 26%
Two or more races 2.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.3%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Higginbottoms

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Kathy Staff
British actress (1928–2008)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Higginbottom

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

Questions

How common is the surname Higginbottom?: 1,116 people in the United States had the surname Higginbottom in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 276,654 Americans. It ranked 22,924th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Higginbottom?: In the 2010 Census, 70% of people named Higginbottom identified as white (not Hispanic), and 26% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Higginbottom?: Kathy Staff, British actress (1928–2008).
Where is the surname Higginbottom most common?: Wikidata records people named Higginbottom in the United Kingdom.
Is the surname Higginbottom getting more or less common?: More common. 1,067 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,116 in 2010, up 4.6%.