Last Name HIGGINBOTTOM

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Meaning Local: Of the Higginbottom, a small spot, no obsolete titularly in the neighbourhood of Marple and Macclesfield, in East Cheshire. The meaning, no doubt, is the bottom or hollow depression in the land, where Higgin or Hickin resided. The names of John Rowbothome, John Sidebothome, and Ottiwell Heginbothome appear as owners of land in 1672.
A corruption of the German name, 'Ickenbaum,' that is, oak-tree.
Origin English, Irish

Rank 22,505 (2000 US census) 22,968 (1990 US census)
Count 1,067 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 72.45%, or 773 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 23.99%, or 256 total occurrences, as black,
  • undisclosed % as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • undisclosed % as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 2.06%, or 22 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.12%, or 12 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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