Highlands
Name Origin
Name Origin
Discover the Highlands
Explore the lives of your ancestors
Your name is all it takes to get started
Ready to discover the Highlands story? Highlands Born: Father Born: Mother Born:
Explore the lives of your ancestors We'll help you connect with your ancestors and explore their lives
Uncover your family tree Your name is all it takes to get started, and it's FREE!
Did you know? What does the Highlands surname reveal about your family history?
The earliest occurrence of the Highlands surname in our family history documents is from 1652, and we currently have 2,370 records where Highlands appears . Here are a few more facts to get you started…
1 Highlandses were recorded as labourers in the 1901 Census.
In the early 1900s Highlandses were most likely to live in Lanarkshire.
Not all Highlandses were law-abiding. We found 28 in criminal records.
4 Highlandses served in the First World War.
Start building your Highlands family story Become one of the millions of users who are building their family tree with us. Create yours today for free.
Discover Highlands records Highlandses in military recordsWere your ancestors war heroes?
Highlandses in census recordsWhere did your family live & what did they do?
Highlandses in convict recordsDid your family have a brush with the law?
Highlandses in parish recordsWhere were your family born, married, and buried?
{"hostname":"www.findmypast.co.uk","relay":[],"user":{"ip_address":"54.198.134.127","featureToggleClientKey":"577cda73711b1406ea0013c1","toggles":{"remove-chevrons-from-atoz-page-region-filters":false,"view-navbar-notifications-button":true,"us-intermediate-q3-experiment-cohort":true,"open-tree-tree-view-sidebar":false,"fmp-single-click-payment":true,"fmp-us-pp-value-prop":false,"us-logged-out-home-page-call-to-action":"free-trial","worldpay-normal":true,"tree-onboarding-guess-checkbox":false,"fmp-us-new-products-experiment":true,"safe-tutorial-experiment":true,"opted-out-of-newsletter-by-default-when-registering-toggle":false,"free-records-1881-census-other-counties":true,"open-tree-share-button":false,"us-new-home-page-canary":true,"view-master-notifications-toggle":true,"hint-paywall":"excluded","fmp-view-all-notifications-dropdown-link":true,"safe-search-results-tutorial-toggle":true,"fmp-ie-notifications-toggle":true,"titan-search-results-new-url":false,"fmp-open-tree-banner":false,"us-home-page-world-tree-banner":false,"record-search-zendesk-live-chat":false,"hint-management":false,"filter-results-mobile-improvements":false,"fmp-au-notifications-toggle":true,"subscribe-page-uk-titan":true,"fmp-us-notifications-toggle":true,"titan-search-results-ie":true,"open-tree-multi-variant-landing-page":"inline-form","view-all-notifications-mark-all-as-read-toggle":true,"discount-box-new-subscribe-page":true,"mark-all-master-notifications-as-read":true,"search-forms-through-pharos":false,"opentree-family-search-add-modal":false,"safe-help-button-on-search-page":true,"worldpay-free-trial":true,"separate-facebook-component-sign-in-and-registration-functions":false,"open-tree-ugc-info-modal":true,"findmyhouse-map":true,"open-tree-engagement-buttons":false,"safe-help-button-on-results-page":true,"safe-atoz-instructional-content":true,"include-master-notifications-in-count":true,"search-button-result-count-rollout":true,"titan-search-results-us":true,"titan-search-results-au":true,"search-button-result-count":true,"worldpay-card-update":true,"library-portal":false,"fmp-uk-notifications-toggle":true,"ci-integration-test":false},"member_id":null,"ld_key":"a068a964-2a50-4b7a-9654-734824463369","anonymous":true,"analytics":{"login_status":"false","lde":"false","is_library":"false"}},"environment":"production","apolloState":{"$ROOT_QUERY.root.analytics({}).data.0":{"key":"is_library","value":"false","__typename":"AnalyticsData"},"$ROOT_QUERY.root.analytics({}).data.1":{"key":"lde","value":"false","__typename":"AnalyticsData"},"$ROOT_QUERY.root.analytics({}).data.2":{"key":"login_status","value":"false","__typename":"AnalyticsData"},"$ROOT_QUERY.root.analytics({}).data.3":{"key":"ld_key","value":"titan_ld_key","__typename":"AnalyticsData"},"$ROOT_QUERY.root.analytics({}).data.4":{"key":"anonymous","value":"true","__typename":"AnalyticsData"},"$ROOT_QUERY.root.analytics({}).data.5":{"key":"titan","value":"true","__typename":"AnalyticsData"},"$ROOT_QUERY.root.analytics({})":{"data":[{"type":"id","generated":true,"id":"$ROOT_QUERY.root.analytics({}).data.0","typename":"AnalyticsData"},{"type":"id","generated":true,"id":"$ROOT_QUERY.root.analytics({}).data.1","typename":"AnalyticsData"},{"type":"id","generated":true,"id":"$ROOT_QUERY.root.analytics({}).data.2","typename":"AnalyticsData"},{"type":"id","generated":true,"id":"$ROOT_QUERY.root.analytics({}).data.3","typename":"AnalyticsData"},{"type":"id","generated":true,"id":"$ROOT_QUERY.root.analytics({}).data.4","typename":"AnalyticsData"},{"type":"id","generated":true,"id":"$ROOT_QUERY.root.analytics({}).data.5","typename":"AnalyticsData"}],"experiments({\"locale\":\"en_GB\"})":[{"type":"id","generated":true,"id":"$ROOT_QUERY.root.analytics({}).experiments({\"locale\":\"en_GB\"}).0","typename":"Experiment"},{"type":"id","generated":true,"id":"$ROOT_QUERY.root.analytics({}).experiments({\"locale\":\"en_GB\"}).1","typename":"Experiment"},{"type":"id","generated":true,"id":"$ROOT_QUERY.root.analytics({}).experiments({\"locale\":\"en_GB\"}).2","typename":"Experiment"},{"type":"id","generated":true,"id":"$ROOT_QUERY.root.analytics({}).experiments({\"locale\":\"en_GB\"}).3","typename":"Experiment"},{"type":"id","generated":true,"id":"$ROOT_QUERY.root.analytics({}).experiments({\"locale\":\"en_GB\"}).4","typename":"Experiment"},{"type":"id","generated":true,"id":"$ROOT_QUERY.root.analytics({}).experiments({\"locale\":\"en_GB\"}).5","typename":"Experiment"},{"type":"id","generated":true,"id":"$ROOT_QUERY.root.analytics({}).experiments({\"locale\":\"en_GB\"}).6","typename":"Experiment"},{"type":"id","generated":true,"id":"$ROOT_QUERY.root.analytics({}).experiments({\"locale\":\"en_GB\"}).7","typename":"Experiment"},{"type":"id","generated":true,"id":"$ROOT_QUERY.root.analytics({}).experiments({\"locale\":\"en_GB\"}).8","typename":"Experiment"}],"__typename":"Analytics"},"$ROOT_QUERY.root.analytics({}).experiments({\"locale\":\"en_GB\"}).0":{"featureFlag":"new-payment","experimentId":"96bf107f-688c-425e-bfb4-404177e4ee40","experimentSlot":"7","experimentDomain":"uk","__typename":"Experiment"},"$ROOT_QUERY.root.analytics({}).experiments({\"locale\":\"en_GB\"}).1":{"featureFlag":"hint-paywall","experimentId":"790a324e-e931-4516-a74e-b46eb70bd703","experimentSlot":"15","experimentDomain":"uk","__typename":"Experiment"},"$ROOT_QUERY.root.analytics({}).experiments({\"locale\":\"en_GB\"}).2":{"featureFlag":"hint-management","experimentId":"ee547f61-5289-40e7-a2cb-689d5b73a1c2","experimentSlot":"0","experimentDomain":"uk","__typename":"Experiment"},"$ROOT_QUERY.root.analytics({}).experiments({\"locale\":\"en_GB\"}).3":{"featureFlag":"open-tree-engagement-buttons","experimentId":"bc113b76-7fd0-48a5-8072-8bd1c829945e","experimentSlot":"4","experimentDomain":"uk","__typename":"Experiment"},"$ROOT_QUERY.root.analytics({}).experiments({\"locale\":\"en_GB\"}).4":{"featureFlag":"search-button-result-count-rollout","experimentId":"32b74366-c8d2-4ee6-bad9-c295a3798441","experimentSlot":"5","experimentDomain":"uk","__typename":"Experiment"},"$ROOT_QUERY.root.analytics({}).experiments({\"locale\":\"en_GB\"}).5":{"featureFlag":"opted-out-of-newsletter-by-default-when-registering-toggle","experimentId":"ddb6380f-64e9-412a-9c54-ca8887a55adb","experimentSlot":"8","experimentDomain":"uk","__typename":"Experiment"},"$ROOT_QUERY.root.analytics({}).experiments({\"locale\":\"en_GB\"}).6":{"featureFlag":"open-tree-multi-variant-landing-page","experimentId":"a6a262e9-4910-49a2-aea0-122457aa4103","experimentSlot":"6","experimentDomain":"uk","__typename":"Experiment"},"$ROOT_QUERY.root.analytics({}).experiments({\"locale\":\"en_GB\"}).7":{"featureFlag":"search-button-result-count","experimentId":"fb970959-c426-4154-b3c5-417122138be8","experimentSlot":"2","experimentDomain":"uk","__typename":"Experiment"},"$ROOT_QUERY.root.analytics({}).experiments({\"locale\":\"en_GB\"}).8":{"featureFlag":"separate-facebook-component-sign-in-and-registration-functions","experimentId":"1e32ab0d-3720-4a19-a5ce-6856a0e8b866","experimentSlot":"2","experimentDomain":"all","__typename":"Experiment"},"$ROOT_QUERY.root":{"analytics({})":{"type":"id","generated":true,"id":"$ROOT_QUERY.root.analytics({})","typename":"Analytics"},"__typename":"Root","surnameDomain":{"type":"id","generated":true,"id":"$ROOT_QUERY.root.surnameDomain","typename":"SurnameDomain"}},"ROOT_QUERY":{"root":{"type":"id","generated":true,"id":"$ROOT_QUERY.root","typename":"Root"}},"$ROOT_QUERY.root.surnameDomain.surname({\"name\":\"highlands\"}).facts.0":{"type":"criminalRecordCount","properties":[{"type":"id","generated":true,"id":"$ROOT_QUERY.root.surnameDomain.surname({\"name\":\"highlands\"}).facts.0.properties.0","typename":"SurnameFactProperty"}],"__typename":"SurnameFact"},"$ROOT_QUERY.root.surnameDomain.surname({\"name\":\"highlands\"}).facts.0.properties.0":{"type":"count","value":"28","__typename":"SurnameFactProperty"},"$ROOT_QUERY.root.surnameDomain.surname({\"name\":\"highlands\"}).facts.1":{"type":"earliestOccurrenceOf","properties":[{"type":"id","generated":true,"id":"$ROOT_QUERY.root.surnameDomain.surname({\"name\":\"highlands\"}).facts.1.properties.0","typename":"SurnameFactProperty"}],"__typename":"SurnameFact"},"$ROOT_QUERY.root.surnameDomain.surname({\"name\":\"highlands\"}).facts.1.properties.0":{"type":"year","value":"1652","__typename":"SurnameFactProperty"},"$ROOT_QUERY.root.surnameDomain.surname({\"name\":\"highlands\"}).facts.2":{"type":"firstWorldWarCount","properties":[{"type":"id","generated":true,"id":"$ROOT_QUERY.root.surnameDomain.surname({\"name\":\"highlands\"}).facts.2.properties.0","typename":"SurnameFactProperty"}],"__typename":"SurnameFact"},"$ROOT_QUERY.root.surnameDomain.surname({\"name\":\"highlands\"}).facts.2.properties.0":{"type":"count","value":"4","__typename":"SurnameFactProperty"},"$ROOT_QUERY.root.surnameDomain.surname({\"name\":\"highlands\"}).facts.3":{"type":"mostCommonOccupation","properties":[{"type":"id","generated":true,"id":"$ROOT_QUERY.root.surnameDomain.surname({\"name\":\"highlands\"}).facts.3.properties.0","typename":"SurnameFactProperty"},{"type":"id","generated":true,"id":"$ROOT_QUERY.root.surnameDomain.surname({\"name\":\"highlands\"}).facts.3.properties.1","typename":"SurnameFactProperty"}],"__typename":"SurnameFact"},"$ROOT_QUERY.root.surnameDomain.surname({\"name\":\"highlands\"}).facts.3.properties.0":{"type":"count","value":"1","__typename":"SurnameFactProperty"},"$ROOT_QUERY.root.surnameDomain.surname({\"name\":\"highlands\"}).facts.3.properties.1":{"type":"occupation","value":"labourer","__typename":"SurnameFactProperty"},"$ROOT_QUERY.root.surnameDomain.surname({\"name\":\"highlands\"}).facts.4":{"type":"mostLikelyLocation","properties":[{"type":"id","generated":true,"id":"$ROOT_QUERY.root.surnameDomain.surname({\"name\":\"highlands\"}).facts.4.properties.0","typename":"SurnameFactProperty"}],"__typename":"SurnameFact"},"$ROOT_QUERY.root.surnameDomain.surname({\"name\":\"highlands\"}).facts.4.properties.0":{"type":"location","value":"lanarkshire","__typename":"SurnameFactProperty"},"$ROOT_QUERY.root.surnameDomain.surname({\"name\":\"highlands\"}).facts.5":{"type":"numberOfRecords","properties":[{"type":"id","generated":true,"id":"$ROOT_QUERY.root.surnameDomain.surname({\"name\":\"highlands\"}).facts.5.properties.0","typename":"SurnameFactProperty"}],"__typename":"SurnameFact"},"$ROOT_QUERY.root.surnameDomain.surname({\"name\":\"highlands\"}).facts.5.properties.0":{"type":"count","value":"2370","__typename":"SurnameFactProperty"},"$ROOT_QUERY.root.surnameDomain.surname({\"name\":\"highlands\"})":{"facts":[{"type":"id","generated":true,"id":"$ROOT_QUERY.root.surnameDomain.surname({\"name\":\"highlands\"}).facts.0","typename":"SurnameFact"},{"type":"id","generated":true,"id":"$ROOT_QUERY.root.surnameDomain.surname({\"name\":\"highlands\"}).facts.1","typename":"SurnameFact"},{"type":"id","generated":true,"id":"$ROOT_QUERY.root.surnameDomain.surname({\"name\":\"highlands\"}).facts.2","typename":"SurnameFact"},{"type":"id","generated":true,"id":"$ROOT_QUERY.root.surnameDomain.surname({\"name\":\"highlands\"}).facts.3","typename":"SurnameFact"},{"type":"id","generated":true,"id":"$ROOT_QUERY.root.surnameDomain.surname({\"name\":\"highlands\"}).facts.4","typename":"SurnameFact"},{"type":"id","generated":true,"id":"$ROOT_QUERY.root.surnameDomain.surname({\"name\":\"highlands\"}).facts.5","typename":"SurnameFact"}],"canonical":"Highlands","additionalMeaning":null,"__typename":"Surname"},"$ROOT_QUERY.root.surnameDomain":{"surname({\"name\":\"highlands\"})":{"type":"id","generated":true,"id":"$ROOT_QUERY.root.surnameDomain.surname({\"name\":\"highlands\"})","typename":"Surname"},"__typename":"SurnameDomain"}}}
