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    The surname Higham

    An English place surname, carried by 1,658 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /ˈhaɪ.əm/ 2 syllables Soundex H250

    Higham: #17,111 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Higham #17,111, 1,658 people Higham: #17,111 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Higham #17,111, 1,658 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Higham is more common than 89.5% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    From Old English hēah (“high”) + hām (“homestead”).

    Higham 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 1,658 people named Higham in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 186,216 Americans. That is up 4.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,585.

    #17,111
    rank among US surnames
    1,658
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.6%
    change since 2000 (was #16,646)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,104Prioleau1,659186,103
    #17,111Ulm1,658186,216
    #17,120Hamad1,657186,328

    Who is named Higham

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

    94% of people named Higham identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
    • Two or more races 1.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Higham

    Higham has the Soundex code H250, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H250.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Higham come from?
    From Old English hēah (“high”) + hām (“homestead”).
    How common is the surname Higham?
    1,658 people in the United States had the surname Higham in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 186,216 Americans. It ranked 17,111th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Higham?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Higham identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    How do you pronounce Higham?
    Higham is /ˈhaɪ.əm/, 2 syllables.
    What type of surname is Higham?
    Higham is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Higham getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,585 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,658 in 2010, up 4.6%.