The Hightower surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 20,065 people carried this name — #1,787 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 14,700 people counted. That is up 5% from 19,054 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Hightower surname

By surface analysis, high + tower.

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

In print

Hightower in American newspapers,
1921.

Newspaper page from The Bismarck Tribune carrying the name Hightower
The Bismarck Tribune 1921-06-13
Newspaper page from The Bismarck Tribune carrying the name Hightower
The Bismarck Tribune 1921-07-25
Newspaper page from Grand Forks Herald carrying the name Hightower
Grand Forks Herald 1921-08-11

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 35,185 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Hightower in Australian newspapers,
1880s–1960s.

137 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Hightower. The most, 82, date from the 1950s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Queensland, at 2.2 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Queensland 66
New South Wales 25
Western Australia 22
Victoria 9
ACT (Canberra) 5
South Australia 5
Tasmania 4

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

Who carried it

People named Hightower,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Donna Hightower
    Donna Hightower 1926–2013 · actor
  • Jack English Hightower
    Jack English Hightower 1926–2013 · lawyer
  • Wayne Hightower
    Wayne Hightower 1940–2002 · basketball player
  • John M. Hightower 1909–1987 · correspondent
  • Ben Hightower 1918–2003 · American football player
  • Rosella Hightower 1920–2008 · ballet dancer

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Hightower,
in the records of 2 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 States967 records

967 records of the Hightower name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 644
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 260
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 32
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 19
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 5
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 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 John D. Hightower

    Born 1919 in Arkansas. Enlisted 1945 at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia; machine shop worker. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1997, buried at Carter Cemetery, Clarksville, Arkansas.

    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 George Malcolm Hightower

    Born 1942; from Seattle, Washington. U.S. Army, armor crewman; killed in action 1966 in South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Walter Hightower

    U.S. Air Force veteran of the Korean War. Born 1934, died 1977; buried at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Missouri.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 967 records for Hightower 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) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · 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); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Canada2 records

2 records of the Hightower name in Canada Canadian Virtual War Memorial
  1. 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 Cecil Earl Hightower

    Died in service in 1943.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.
  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 Rolley Elsworth Hightower

    Died in service in 1946.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Counts: Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

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