# Hight (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 5,629 |
| US rank (2010) | 6,094 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 54,849 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.6% (5,540 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

English topographic surname, from the noun height. Compare Haight.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Hight 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) | 87% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 7.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.2% |
| Two or more races | 2.1% |

## Similar surnames

Hitt, Haight, Haught, Height, Hackett, Hecht, Hasty, Haygood, Hagood, Hassett, Hockett, Haskett.

## 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.