Last Name HUGH

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Meaning The son of Hugh. It would be impossible to overrate the influence og Hugh on ENglish nomenclature. It had pet and diminutive forms of every guise, as in Hewett and Howitt, Hewlett and Howlett, Hewling and Howling, Huggin and Huckin, Houchin and Howchin, Hutchins and Hutchinson, and manu others. Hugh had an early start, for it is found in considerable strength in Domesday. St. Hugh of Cluny, St. HUgh Bishop of Lincoln, above all, the infant martyr, St. Hugh of Lincolnm said to have been crucified about 1250, all gave impetus to the use of it. It became popular in Wales, and Hughes and Pugh (ap-Hugh) were the result.
Origin English, Jewish, Irish, Belgian, Hungarian

Rank 19,376 (2000 US census) 14,590 (1990 US census)
Count 1,293 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 55.53%, or 718 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 19.95%, or 258 total occurrences, as black,
  • 17.94%, or 232 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • undisclosed % as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 5.1%, or 66 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • undisclosed % as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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