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There are approximately 2,077 people named Higginbottom in the UK. That makes it the 4,364th most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 33 are named Higginbottom.

Region of origin

British Isles

Country of origin

England

Language of origin

English

Religion of origin

Christian

Classification

English
Location or Geographical Feature

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The Higginbottom surname in historical dictionaries

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857)

A corruption of the German name, Ickenbaum, that is, oak-tree.

Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.

Patronymica Britannica (1860)

HIGGINBOTTOM. Following a writer in Gent. ilag. Oct., 1820, I have elsewhere suggested that this strange word might be Ickenhaum, 0. Germ, for oak tree. Another etymology assigned was hicldn, a Lancashire provincialism for the mountain ash, and bottom, a low ground or valley. A correspondent suggests its identity with the Dutch family name Hoogenboom, vhich signifies "high tree," either from the first bearer's residence near one, or a sobriquet allusive to stature.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.

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