The Hight surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,629 people carried this name — #6,094 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 52,400 people counted. That is up 2% from 5,540 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Hight surname

English topographic surname, from the noun height.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Hight» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In print

Hight in American newspapers,
1904–1924.

Newspaper page from East St. Louis Daily Journal carrying the name Hight
East St. Louis Daily Journal 1924-12-19
Newspaper page from East St. Louis Daily Journal carrying the name Hight
East St. Louis Daily Journal 1924-09-28
Newspaper page from Rock Island Argus carrying the name Hight
Rock Island Argus 1904-07-23

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 156,558 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Hight in Australian newspapers,
1840s–1950s.

351 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Hight. The most, 56, date from the 1920s.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 129
Victoria 94
Queensland 49
Tasmania 26
Western Australia 25
South Australia 24
ACT (Canberra) 3

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Hight.

Who carried it

People named Hight,
with a public archive behind them.

  • George W. Hight d. 1845
  • Ann Hight 1826–1888
  • Anna Catherine Ricketts 1830–1920
  • Samuel Hight 1844–1926
  • George Ainslie Hight 1851–1937 · writer
  • George Ainslie Hight 1851–1937 · writer

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Hight,
in the records of 6 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States340 records

340 records of the Hight name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 196
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 93
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 20
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 12
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 12
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 3
  • Sacramento County historic burials 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Theron L. Hight

    Born 1924 in Indiana. Enlisted 1943 at Indianapolis; furnaceman from Howard County. U.S. Army veteran; died 1983, buried at Sunset Memory Garden Cemetery, Kokomo, Indiana.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Charles Benny Hight

    Born 1949; from Visalia, California. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1969 in Hua Nghia, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Jane Hight

    Arrived at New York in 1853 aboard the James Wright from Liverpool, aged 29; farmer. From England.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 340 records for Hight in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Australia29 records

29 records of the Hight name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 19
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 4
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 3
  • Tasmanian Names Index 3
  1. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record Thomas Michael Hight

    Transported to New South Wales aboard the Asia, arriving 1825; ticket of leave 1829. Native of North, Bugstock.

    Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Florence Hight

    Arrived in Queensland in 1883 aboard the Rohilla, aged 11.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record William Hight

    Died 1853 in Hobart, Tasmania, aged 51.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 29 records for Hight in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

New Zealand11 records

11 records of the Hight name in New Zealand
  • Christchurch City cemetery records 10
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 1
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Doreen Margaret Mary Hight

    Died 1986, aged 86; buried at Ruru Lawn, Christchurch, Canterbury.

    Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Livre d’or of the French war dead, Paris
    Example: roll of the war dead
    War record C. Hight

    New Zealand Infantry. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1917.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)
  3. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Mary Jane Hight

    Died 1932, aged 69; buried at Bromley Cemetery, Christchurch, Canterbury.

    Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 11 records for Hight in New Zealand.

Counts: Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0) · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0); Livre d’or of the war dead, Paris, Ministère des pensions, Archives nationales (CC0).

Canada8 records

8 records of the Hight name in Canada
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 5
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 2
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record James Garnet Hight

    Buried in 1983 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 85.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  2. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record Norman Dudley John Hight

    Died in service in 1918.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Margaret Hight

    Married 1876 in Cumberland, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Showing 3 of 8 records for Hight in Canada.

Counts: City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

United Kingdom1 record

1 record of the Hight name in the United Kingdom War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead
  1. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record A. E. Hight

    Northumerland Fusiliers. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1917.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

Netherlands1 record

1 record of the Hight name in the Netherlands Dutch church registers before 1811
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Folckert Hight

    Married in 1696 in Dokkum.

    Open Archives, AlleFriezen (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

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