Highley Family History
Highley Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of several places so called,
for example one in Shropshire, which was named in Old English as
‘Hugga’s woodland clearing’, from an unattested personal name +
leah ‘wood’, ‘glade’. OSGAZ, ADM.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Highley Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Highley families
 24 - 46  9 - 23 |
 1 - 8  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Highley families
|
141 - 279 48 - 140 |
1 - 47 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
| Sorry, we couldn't find geographic distribution information for the Highley last name |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Highley census records
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Highley Family Origin
Highley Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Highley
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Highley Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Highley census records
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Highley Civil War Service Records
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