Surname Checker / Hughes
How Common Is the Last Name Hughes?
Estimated U.S. bearers of the surname Hughes today
261,605
Ranked #90 of 162,254 published surnames · 80.1 per 100,000 Americans (2010 Census) · 236,271 bearers counted in 2010, scaled to today's population.
Ancestry breakdown reported in the 2010 Census
White
78.39%
Black
16.13%
Asian / Pacific Islander
0.5%
Hispanic
2.47%
Percentages are the Census Bureau's published figures for surname bearers in 2010. Figures are estimates from public records — see the methodology page.