Last Name HIGMAN

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Meaning The son of Hickman. The pedigree of the extinct baronet family Hickman, of Gainsborough, is traced to Robertt Fitz-Hickman, lord of the manors of Bloxham and Wickham, county Oxford. Hence the name must have been originally a bapismal appellation. Higman is the result of laziness in pronunciation. Another possible origin for the name is 'the servant of Hick.
The son of Hickman, also 'the servant of Hick.'
Origin English, Irish

Rank 38,771 (2000 US census) 47,052 (1990 US census)
Count 536 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 97.01%, or 520 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 0.93%, or 5 total occurrences, as black,
  • undisclosed % as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • undisclosed % as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.31%, or 7 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • undisclosed % as Hispanic ethnic origin.


Shortest last names

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How many distinct last names exist in the United States of America?

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Census 2000: how many distinct surnames are there?

 Even after applying various edits and acceptance criteria to the names, there are a sizable number of unique names in the population. Over 6 million last names were identified. Many of these names were either unique (occurred once)...

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