The surname Highland
A surname, carried by 2,342 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex H245
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 2,342 people named Highland in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 131,830 Americans. That is down 1.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,384.
#13,096
rank among US surnames
2,342
people in 2010
0.8
per 100,000 Americans
-1.8%
change since 2000 (was #12,022)
| Rank | Surname | People | 1 in |
|---|---|---|---|
| #13,087 | Carpentier | 2,345 | 131,661 |
| #13,088 | Pascarella | 2,344 | 131,717 |
| #13,091 | DiMatteo | 2,343 | 131,774 |
| #13,096 | Highland | 2,342 | 131,830 |
| #13,099 | Lipford | 2,341 | 131,886 |
| #13,101 | Vansant | 2,340 | 131,943 |
Who is named Highland
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
89% of people named Highland identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.4% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as two or more races.
- White (not Hispanic) 89%
- Black (not Hispanic) 6.4%
- Two or more races 2.0%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Highland has the Soundex code H245, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H245.
Questions
- How common is the surname Highland?
- 2,342 people in the United States had the surname Highland in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 131,830 Americans. It ranked 13,096th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Highland?
- In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Highland identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.4% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Highland getting more or less common?
- Less common. 2,384 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,342 in 2010, down 1.8%.