Highway Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Highway Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Highway family

Profession Census Frequency
School 22
Clerk 2
General Servant Domestic 2
Cotton Weavers Tenter 2
Machinist 2
Student 2
Cashier 2
Private Means 2
Labourer Below In Pit 2
Nil 2
Brass Finisher 1
Heating Engineer 1
Labourer For Johnson & Phillips 1
Pianoforte Tuner 1
Private School Teacher 1
Railway Contractors Labourer 1
Student At A Training College 1
Cap Maker 1
Coach Wheeler Wheelwright 1
Coal Miner Hewer 1
Cook 1
House Keeper 1
Labourer In Coal Mine 1
Leather (elementary School) 1
Packer Albion Foundry 1

Highway Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Heighway 88% 1,902
2 Highway 100% 1,271
3 Hughway 86% 101

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The surname Highway is the 2nd most popular variant of Heighway.

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