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    The surname Highfill

    A surname, carried by 2,368 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex H214

    Highfill: #12,968 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Highfill #12,968, 2,368 people Highfill: #12,968 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Highfill #12,968, 2,368 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Highfill is more common than 92% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,368 people named Highfill in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 130,382 Americans. That is up 3.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,290.

    #12,968
    rank among US surnames
    2,368
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.4%
    change since 2000 (was #12,430)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,961Rine2,370130,272
    #12,965Stigall2,369130,327
    #12,968Highfill2,368130,382
    #12,971Handel2,367130,437

    Who is named Highfill

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

    93% of people named Highfill identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.7%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Highfill

    Highfill has the Soundex code H214, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H214.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Highfill?
    2,368 people in the United States had the surname Highfill in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 130,382 Americans. It ranked 12,968th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Highfill?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Highfill identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Highfill getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,290 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,368 in 2010, up 3.4%.