Higher Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 1
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 6
Middlesex 2
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 1
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 5
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 1

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Higher Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Higher family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 2
Diary Man 1
Fields 1
Gardener 1
General Labourer 1
Grocer Commercial Clerk 1
Cooper Apprentice 1
Assistant Carpenter 1
Assistant Confectioner 1
Housemaid 1
Farmer And Builder Of 130 Acres 3 Men 1
Farmers Son 1
Farmers Wife 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Higher

Name Census Frequency
John Higher 43
Mary Higher 43
William Higher 42
Elizabeth Higher 33
Thomas Higher 28
Sarah Higher 23
James Higher 22
Ann Higher 17
George Higher 14
Charles Higher 12
Henry Higher 12
Jane Higher 12
Annie Higher 9
Edward Higher 9
Joseph Higher 9
Alice Higher 8
Hannah Higher 8
Margaret Higher 8
Martha Higher 8
Charlotte Higher 7
Robert Higher 7
Emma Higher 6
Frederick Higher 6
Harriet Higher 6
Richard Higher 6

Higher Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Hugher 83% 2,594
2 Hire 50% 1,089
3 Hier 67% 702
4 Higher 100% 580
5 Hyer 50% 190
6 Hagher 83% 120
7 Hougher 71% 108

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The surname Higher is the 4th most popular variant of Hugher.

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