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    The surname Highley

    An English place surname, carried by 1,600 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex H240

    Highley: #17,572 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Highley #17,572, 1,600 people Highley: #17,572 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Highley #17,572, 1,600 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Highley is more common than 89.2% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

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

    Highley 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 1,600 people named Highley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 192,966 Americans. That is down 9.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,760.

    #17,572
    rank among US surnames
    1,600
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    -9.1%
    change since 2000 (was #15,327)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,565Herdman1,601192,845
    #17,572Highley1,600192,966

    Who is named Highley

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

    90% of people named Highley identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.1% as two or more races and 2.7% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 90%
    • Two or more races 3.1%
    • 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%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Highleys

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Ace Austin
      American professional wrestler, born 1997

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Hiley

    Surnames that sound like Highley

    Highley has the Soundex code H240, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H240.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Highley come from?
    Recorded as Hugelei in the Domesday Book, the village is named with the unattested Old English personal name *Hugga + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).
    How common is the surname Highley?
    1,600 people in the United States had the surname Highley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 192,966 Americans. It ranked 17,572nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Highley?
    In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Highley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as two or more races.
    Who is the most famous person named Highley?
    Ace Austin, American professional wrestler.
    Where is the surname Highley most common?
    Wikidata records people named Highley in the United States.
    What type of surname is Highley?
    Highley is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Highley getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,760 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,600 in 2010, down 9.1%.
    What are other spellings of Highley?
    Hiley.