Hughes
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: hyo͞oz, IPA(key): /hjuːz/
- Homophone: hues
- Rhymes: -uːz
Proper noun
Hughes
- A Welsh and English surname originating as a patronymic derived from the given name Hugh.
- A Welsh surname; a variant of Howells.
- A place in the United States:
- A city in Alaska.
- A city in St. Francis County, Arkansas.
- A ghost town in Hardin County, Iowa.
- A town in Bayfield County, Wisconsin.
- A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, named after Billy Hughes.
- A rural locality in Litchfield Municipality, Northern Territory, Australia.
- 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.
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