How Many People Have the Last Name Hughes?
people had the surname Hughes in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 1,248 people in the Census had this surname
Source: Census Bureau surname list
Surname Rank
Of 162,253 surnames
Per 100,000 People
In 2010
Largest Group
White
Change Since 2000
+6,881 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname Hughes (78.4%) are non-Hispanic White. The next largest group, 16.1%, are non-Hispanic Black. Among surnames where most people are non-Hispanic White, Hughes ranks #61. From 2000 to 2010, the non-Hispanic White share fell from 80.6% to 78.4%.
📈 Change Since 2000
Hughes grew from 229,390 people in 2000 to 236,271 in 2010 (up 3%), and its rank fell from #83 to #90. The population grew faster, so its share still fell, from 85.03 to 80.1 people per 100,000.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 229,390 | 236,271 |
| Rank | #83 | #90 |
| Per 100,000 people | 85.03 | 80.1 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Hughes
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Hughes: H220
👤 Hughes as a First Name
Hughes is a first name too: about 433 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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