# Highley (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/highley/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A habitational surname from Old English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,600 |
| US rank (2010) | 17,572 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 192,966 people |
| Change since 2000 | -9.1% (1,760 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Hiley |

## Etymology

Recorded as Hugelei in the Domesday Book, the village is named with the unattested Old English personal name *Hugga + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Highley in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 90% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 2.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.9% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.8% |
| Two or more races | 3.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Highley in the United States.

## People named Highley

- Ace Austin, American professional wrestler

## Similar surnames

Hailey, Hughley, Hile, Hille, Hilley, Higley, Huguley, Hisle, Haskell, Hazel, Hassell, Housley.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.