Last Name HIGHAM

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Meaning Local: Of Heigham, a parish in county Norfolk, seven miles from Acle. Also 'of Higham,' parishes in counties Kent, Bedford, Suffolk, Leicester, and Northampton, besides many other smaller localities.
Local: Of the Hegham, i.e. the enclosed dwelling, a spot in East CHeshire that gave rise to a surname later very known to the directories of the surrounding district. Also parishes in the dioceses of Norwich, Peterborough, and Rochester, which have contributed to the list of Heys, Hams, and Heigham in South England.
Origin English, Irish, Falkland

Rank 16,646 (2000 US census) 16,899 (1990 US census)
Count 1,585 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 95.96%, or 1521 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 0.5%, or 8 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.69%, or 11 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0%, or 0 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.32%, or 21 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.51%, or 24 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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