Hughes

English

Pronunciation

  • enPR: hyo͞oz, IPA(key): /hjuːz/
    Homophone: hues
  • Rhymes: -uːz

Proper noun

Hughes

  1. A Welsh and English surname originating as a patronymic derived from the given name Hugh.
  2. A Welsh surname; a variant of Howells.
  3. A place in the United States:
    1. A city in Alaska.
    2. A city in St. Francis County, Arkansas.
    3. A ghost town in Hardin County, Iowa.
    4. A town in Bayfield County, Wisconsin.
  4. A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, named after Billy Hughes.
  5. A rural locality in Litchfield Municipality, Northern Territory, Australia.
  6. An electoral division in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Derived terms

Statistics

  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Hughes is the 90th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 236,271 individuals. Hughes is most common among White (78.39%) and Black (16.13%) individuals.

Anagrams

French

Pronunciation

  • (aspirated h) IPA(key): /yɡ/

Proper noun

Hughes m or f

  1. a surname
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