Heighes Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Heighes Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Heighes family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 10
Agricultural Labourer 8
Dress Maker 2
Baker 2
Blacksmith 2
Fund Holder 2
Laundress 1
Master Mariner 1
Police Constable 1
Clerk To Sec Of Cheltenham College 1
Milliner 1
Shop Keeper 1
Wheelwright 1
General Labourer 1
Coachman 1
Retd Dress Maker 1
Fundholder 1
Cook 1
Farmer Of 340 Acres Employing 10 Labourer 3 Boys 1
Farmers Wife 1
Furniture Painter 1
Landed Propretor 1
Plough Boy 1
Formerly Hawker 1
Land Surveyor 1

Heighes Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Hughes 71% 591,061
2 Hughs 57% 10,210
3 Houghes 71% 1,477
4 Highes 86% 805
5 Haghes 71% 790
6 Heighes 100% 660
7 Haughes 71% 253
8 Houghs 57% 238
9 Heighs 86% 154
10 Highs 71% 141
11 Hughas 57% 137
12 Hoghes 71% 127
13 Heughes 86% 119
14 Haighs 71% 100

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The surname Heighes is the 6th most popular variant of Hughes.

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