The Higel surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 168 people carried this name — #106,096 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,666,700 people counted. That is up 8% from 156 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 84 people named Higel.
6 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 11 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In print
Higel in American newspapers,
1887–1921.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 793 pages in all carry the name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Higel.
- Hie 131 · U.S. census
- Hiebel 141 · U.S. census
- Hiegel 414 · U.S. census
- Hiel 239 · U.S. census
- Hien 203 · U.S. census
- Hieronimus 251 · U.S. census
- Hilaire 1,682 · U.S. census
- Hilal 339 · U.S. census
- Hilary 120 · U.S. census
- Hilbert 6,077 · U.S. census
- Hild 1,779 · U.S. census
- Hilde 508 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Higel is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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