Highgate

== English == === Alternative forms === (surname): Heygate === Etymology === From Old English hēah (“high”) + ġeat (“gate”). === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /hʌɪɡeɪt/, (rare) /hʌɪɡʊt/ === Proper noun === Highgate (countable and uncountable, plural Highgates) (uncountable) A placename: An upper-class suburb of London in the borough of Haringey, borough of Camden and borough of Islington, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ2887). A village in Hawkhurst parish, Tunbridge Wells district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ7630). An inner city area of Birmingham, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SP0785). A village in Walsall, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SP0197). A suburb of Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. A suburb of Perth, Western Australia, Australia. A settlement on the north coast of Jamaica. A town in Franklin County, Vermont, United States. (countable) A habitational surname from Old English. ==== Statistics ==== According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Highgate is the 39547th most common surname in England, belonging to 80 individuals. === References === Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Highgate”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 176. Forebears