Last name: HIGHLAND

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HIGHLAND : This last name is indexed 13,963 times on Geneanet!

Origin of last name

HIGHLAND : 1: English and Irish (Offaly): variant of Hyland.2: Americanized form of Norwegian Høyland (see Hoyland).3: Americanized form (translation into English) of Swedish Högland (see Hogland) or of some other similar (like-sounding) surname or an adoption of the cognate English surname (see 1 above and Hyland).4: Americanized form of German Heiland. Compare Hyland.

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