High Family History
- High Name Meaning
- English (chiefly East Anglia and northern England): nickname for a tall man, from Middle English hegh, hie ‘high’, ‘tall’, Old English heah (compare Hay 2), or a topographic name for a dweller on a hilltop or high place, from the same word used in a topographical sense. This second use is supported by early forms such as Richard atte High (Sussex 1332).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 834,972 Historical Documents with High on Ancestry
- 308,142 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 117,278 Census and Voter Lists
- 74,027 Military Records
- 5,484 Immigration Records
- 330,041 Member Trees
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Number of High families
 242 - 482  81 - 241 |
 1 - 80  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of High families
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66 - 129 23 - 65 |
1 - 22 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
High census records
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from the New York Passengers List
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from the New York Passenger Lists
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from 1881 UK Census Data
High census records
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