Higginbottom is a surname of English origin. It is a corruption of Oakenbottom, a place in Bolton-le-Moors, probably influenced by the dialect word hickin or higgin, the mountain ash.Reaney, P.H. & Wilson, R.M. (1997), Oxford Dictionary of English Surnames, , page 231.
Notable people with the surname include: Edward Higginbottom (born 1946), British choral director Frederick Higginbottom (1859–1943), British journalist and newspaper editor Heather Higginbottom (born c. 1972), American politician Jake Higginbottom (born 1993), Australian professional golfer Sam Higginbottom (1874–1958), English-born American missionary to India, founder of the Allahabad Agricultural Institute
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