Heigh is used as a family name or surname in many languages. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Heigh
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Unknown
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Heigh

How popular is Heigh?

Heigh is ranked 503917 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Heighs plummeted by 5.098039 per cent to 242 since 2000 and slipped by 7449 spots and ranked at 78821. The last name was found in around 1 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 62.81 67.45
Black 30.58 28.24
Heigh is a very rare family name, few people in United States and Scotland have the last name. Around 471 people have been found who wears Heigh as their family name. Few people around the world have Heigh as their surname. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
49,529 Israel1
18,969 Wales1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
64,073 Australia28
18,457 Scotland20
Countries with hundreds of Heigh:
82,058 United States288
25,888 Canada133

Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Martha-Jane Heigh was 28 years old when she migrated to USA during Irish famine on September 17, 1846 with Maid Rebecca Heigh. She lived in Great Britain where she worked as maid and took Montezuma from Liverpool.

Heigh Namesakes

  • Richard Heighway, Illustrator
  • Roger Heigham, Politician
  • Dorothy Height, Social activist
  • Fannie Burroughs Height, Nurse
  • Robert Height, Football player
  • Wilfrid Heighington, Writer
  • Onita Height, Nyiakki Height's mother
  • Narelle Heighington, Chris Heighington's mother
  • Wilfrid Heighington, Writer
  • Wilfrid Heighington, Writer

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