Higgins Name Meaning: From a Gaelic word which meant "viking".
The name was thought to have come from a Gaelic word which meant \"viking\". It could also be from the Medieval name \"Higgin\", which is a pet form of \"Hick\".
Discover how your Higgins ancestors earned their living and spread across the country. Find out more about your family history by using the Free Search box.Bedfordshire | 0 |
Buckinghamshire | 232 |
Berkshire | 0 |
Cambridgeshire | 25 |
Channel Islands | 10 |
Cheshire | 466 |
Cornwall | 125 |
Cumberland | 91 |
Derbyshire | 92 |
Devon | 157 |
Dorset | 50 |
Durham | 223 |
Essex | 81 |
Gloucestershire | 305 |
Hampshire | 198 |
Herefordshire | 77 |
Hertfordshire | 51 |
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) | 13 |
Isle of Man | 22 |
Kent | 428 |
Lancashire | 1,640 |
Leicestershire | 60 |
Lincolnshire | 80 |
London | 1,603 |
Middlesex | 130 |
Northumberland | 66 |
Norfolk | 26 |
Northamptonshire | 86 |
Nottinghamshire | 43 |
Oxfordshire | 180 |
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) | 13 |
Shropshire | 319 |
Suffolk | 18 |
Somerset | 508 |
Surrey | 109 |
Sussex | 55 |
Staffordshire | 498 |
Warwickshire | 342 |
Westmorland | 19 |
Wiltshire | 131 |
Worcestershire | 220 |
Yorkshire | 1,164 |
Anglesey | 0 |
Brecknockshire | 18 |
Cardiganshire | 0 |
Carnarvonshire | 19 |
Carmarthenshire | 0 |
Denbighshire | 34 |
Flintshire | 5 |
Glamorgan | 65 |
Merionethshire | 7 |
Montgomeryshire | 68 |
Monmouthshire | 128 |
Pembrokeshire | 13 |
Radnorshire | 11 |
Profession | Census Frequency |
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Scholar | 1,658 |
Labourer | 341 |
Agricultural Labourer | 255 |
Domestic Servant | 141 |
General Servant | 97 |
Laundress | 82 |
Dress Maker | 78 |
Farm Labourer | 66 |
Tailor | 63 |
Servant | 60 |
House Keeper | 60 |
Coal Miner | 46 |
Charwoman | 40 |
Farm Servant | 36 |
Hawker | 36 |
Wife Of Above | 33 |
Gardener | 32 |
General Servant Domestic | 32 |
Annuitant | 31 |
Cotton Weaver | 31 |
Cook | 29 |
Carpenter | 28 |
Miner | 26 |
Nurse | 26 |
Brick Layer | 25 |
Name | Census Frequency |
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Mary Higgins | 6,556 |
John Higgins | 6,140 |
William Higgins | 5,152 |
Thomas Higgins | 3,862 |
Elizabeth Higgins | 3,448 |
James Higgins | 3,400 |
Sarah Higgins | 2,640 |
George Higgins | 2,620 |
Ann Higgins | 1,985 |
Henry Higgins | 1,761 |
Charles Higgins | 1,677 |
Joseph Higgins | 1,572 |
Jane Higgins | 1,478 |
Margaret Higgins | 1,418 |
Ellen Higgins | 1,402 |
Eliza Higgins | 1,294 |
Annie Higgins | 1,287 |
Edward Higgins | 1,170 |
Catherine Higgins | 1,111 |
Alice Higgins | 1,024 |
Emma Higgins | 941 |
Emily Higgins | 881 |
Patrick Higgins | 871 |
Hannah Higgins | 834 |
Alfred Higgins | 822 |
Rank | Surname | Match | Census Frequency |
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1 | Higgins | 100% | 90,842 |
2 | Huggins | 86% | 19,432 |
3 | Higgens | 86% | 3,330 |
4 | Hoggins | 86% | 2,063 |
5 | Heggins | 86% | 921 |
6 | Haggins | 86% | 656 |
7 | Huggens | 71% | 590 |
8 | Higins | 86% | 364 |
9 | Higgans | 86% | 342 |
10 | Higgons | 86% | 232 |
The surname Higgins is the most popular version of all its varients