Last name: HIGGS
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HIGGS : This last name is indexed 67,025 times on Geneanet!Origin of last name
HIGGS : English:: 1: variant of Hicks with voicing of -k-.2: variant of Higg itself from Middle English Higge (a pet form of Hugh) with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. Compare Higson.
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