Distribution of the name 'Hughes'
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Geographical distribution of the name 'Hughes' in the UK
Statistics: Figures on the surname 'Hughes'
In the UK there are 35.706 phone book entries with the surname Hughes and approximately 155.497 persons with this name.
Thus, the surname Hughes is the 18. most frequent name in the UK.
People with this surname live in 71 counties. Most occurrences are in Clwyd: 3.229.
Other counties with lots of occurrences are Gwynedd (2.990), West Midlands (1.873), Merseyside (1.865), Greater London (1.679), Greater Manchester (1.653), Lancashire (1.461), Central (1.405), Hereford and Worcester (1.273), as well as Cheshire (1.067).
The following surnames sound like Hughes: Hawkes, Hiscock, Haycock, Houses, Hiscox, Hossack, Hiscocks, Haggis, Haycox, Haycocks, Hagues, Housego, Hakes, Haggas, Huqhes, Howgego, Heighes, Heycock, Houseago, Hughs, Hiscoke, Hookes, Hickox, Highways, Hickes, Hughesia, Huges, Hasegawa, Hawcock, Heacock.
The distribution of the name 'Hughes' in other countries
Occurrence of the name Hughes in the counties
| Clwyd - The surname Hughes is is the 5. most common name - 3.229 persons |
| Gwynedd - The surname Hughes is is the 4. most common name - 2.990 persons |
| West Midlands - The surname Hughes is is the 15. most common name - 1.873 persons |
| Merseyside - The surname Hughes is is the 5. most common name - 1.865 persons |
| Greater London - The surname Hughes is is the 49. most common name - 1.679 persons |
| Greater Manchester - The surname Hughes is is the 13. most common name - 1.653 persons |
| Lancashire - The surname Hughes is is the 29. most common name - 1.461 persons |
| Central - The surname Hughes is is the 61. most common name - 1.405 persons |
| Hereford and Worcester - The surname Hughes is is the 13. most common name - 1.273 persons |
| Cheshire - The surname Hughes is is the 10. most common name - 1.067 persons |
| West Yorkshire - The surname Hughes is the 89. most common name - 1.000 persons |
| Dyfed - The surname Hughes is the 15. most common name - 978 persons |
| West Glamorgan - The surname Hughes is the 16. most common name - 822 persons |
| Kent - The surname Hughes is the 50. most common name - 761 persons |
| Hampshire - The surname Hughes is the 46. most common name - 736 persons |
| Gloucestershire - The surname Hughes is the 42. most common name - 709 persons |
| Shropshire - The surname Hughes is the 11. most common name - 625 persons |
| Gwent - The surname Hughes is the 19. most common name - 593 persons |
| Essex - The surname Hughes is the 56. most common name - 552 persons |
| Staffordshire - The surname Hughes is the 27. most common name - 527 persons |
| East Sussex - The surname Hughes is the 54. most common name - 515 persons |
| Surrey - The surname Hughes is the 46. most common name - 496 persons |
| Strathclyde - The surname Hughes is the 87. most common name - 448 persons |
| Wiltshire - The surname Hughes is the 24. most common name - 442 persons |
| Hertfordshire - The surname Hughes is the 52. most common name - 401 persons |
| Berkshire - The surname Hughes is the 43. most common name - 371 persons |
| Dorset - The surname Hughes is the 57. most common name - 371 persons |
| County Antrim - The surname Hughes is the 31. most common name - 334 persons |
| Derbyshire - The surname Hughes is the 81. most common name - 327 persons |
| Powys - The surname Hughes is the 10. most common name - 325 persons |
| South Yorkshire - The surname Hughes is is the 60. most common name - 298 persons |
| North Yorkshire - The surname Hughes is is the 83. most common name - 296 persons |
| Fife - The surname Hughes is is the 89. most common name - 289 persons |
| Northamptonshire - The surname Hughes is is the 49. most common name - 281 persons |
| Tyne and Wear - The surname Hughes is is the 104. most common name - 274 persons |
| Oxfordshire - The surname Hughes is is the 29. most common name - 264 persons |
| Somerset - The surname Hughes is is the 57. most common name - 258 persons |
| Cambridgeshire - The surname Hughes is is the 89. most common name - 256 persons |
| Lincolnshire - The surname Hughes is is the 71. most common name - 244 persons |
| Lothian - The surname Hughes is is the 139. most common name - 244 persons |
| Warwickshire - The surname Hughes is is the 33. most common name - 236 persons |
| Devon - The surname Hughes is is the 84. most common name - 233 persons |
| County Down - The surname Hughes is is the 24. most common name - 223 persons |
| Suffolk - The surname Hughes is is the 100. most common name - 205 persons |
| Bedfordshire - The surname Hughes is is the 52. most common name - 198 persons |
| Durham - The surname Hughes is is the 55. most common name - 192 persons |
| Tayside - The surname Hughes is is the 160. most common name - 186 persons |
| County Tyrone - The surname Hughes is is the 5. most common name - 171 persons |
| Nottinghamshire - The surname Hughes is is the 101. most common name - 164 persons |
| West Sussex - The surname Hughes is is the 52. most common name - 161 persons |
| Northumberland - The surname Hughes is is the 128. most common name - 148 persons |
| Buckinghamshire - The surname Hughes is is the 31. most common name - 139 persons |
| Mid Glamorgan - The surname Hughes is is the 19. most common name - 139 persons |
| Cleveland - The surname Hughes is is the 139. most common name - 121 persons |
| Grampian - The surname Hughes is is the 199. most common name - 106 persons |
| Norfolk - The surname Hughes is is the 142. most common name - 102 persons |
| Isle of Wight - The surname Hughes is is the 52. most common name - 81 persons |
| Dumfries and Galloway - The surname Hughes is is the 127. most common name - 58 persons |
| County Londonderry - The surname Hughes is is the 59. most common name - 55 persons |
| Cornwall - The surname Hughes is is the 116. most common name - 39 persons |
| Leicestershire - The surname Hughes is is the 92. most common name - 38 persons |
| South Glamorgan - The surname Hughes is is the 35. most common name - 38 persons |
| Highland - The surname Hughes is is the 184. most common name - 37 persons |
| Avon - The surname Hughes is is the 52. most common name - 25 persons |
| Fermanagh - The surname Hughes is is the 144. most common name - 19 persons |
| Borders - The surname Hughes is is the 183. most common name - 16 persons |
| Cumbria - The surname Hughes is is the 249. most common name - 15 persons |
| County Armagh - The surname Hughes is is the 18. most common name - 14 persons |
| Isle of Man - The surname Hughes is is the 133. most common name - 11 persons |
| Humberside - The surname Hughes is is the 395. most common name - 3 persons |
| Western Isles - The surname Hughes is is the 612. most common name - 1 person |
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