Last Name HIGGIN

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Meaning The son of Richard, from the nickname Hick, which bacame Higg, and the diminutive Hickin, which bacame Higgin.
Origin English, Irish

Rank 74,957 (2000 US census) 17,732 (1990 US census)
Count 240 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 71.67%, or 172 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 20.83%, or 50 total occurrences, as black,
  • 2.92%, or 7 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • undisclosed % as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • undisclosed % as two or more races, and
  • 2.92%, or 7 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


Shortest last names

The 2000 USA census contains no surnames with ONE character. The shortest last names there have at least two characters in them. We found 175 of those. It does not mean that a one character name does not exist. The census data only contain surnames that occurred at lea...

Surnames that make great first names

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Longest last names

The 2000 USA census contains more than 150,000 surnames. The longest surnames contain 15 characters each. There are 23 names like that. There could be more of those last names in reality. Firstly because it has been 10+ years since the survey and we could have gotten...


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