Highly 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 4
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 0
Middlesex 0
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 0
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 17
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Highly Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Highly family

Profession Census Frequency
At Home 7
Daughter 4
Scholar 3
Grocer 2
Blacksmith 1
Cotton Weaver 1
Washerwoman 1
Annuitant 1
Foreman In Tin Factory 1
Tourman Butcher 1
House Servant 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Highly

Name Census Frequency
John Highly 9
George Highly 7
Sarah Highly 7
Emma Highly 6
Elizabeth Highly 5
Mary Highly 5
Edward Highly 4
James Highly 4
William Highly 4
Alice Highly 3
Eliza Highly 3
Henry Highly 3
Thomas Highly 3
Ada Highly 2
Ann Highly 2
Charles Highly 2
Ethel Highly 2
Frank Highly 2
Hannah Highly 2
Harry Highly 2
Lilly Highly 2
Margaret Highly 2
Martha Highly 2
Rachel Highly 2
Richard Highly 2

Highly Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Highley 86% 3,857
2 Heighley 75% 595
3 Haughley 63% 387
4 Hughley 71% 346
5 Highly 100% 118

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The surname Highly is the 5th most popular variant of Highley.

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