Hughf Surname

1,967,751st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 90 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Hughf Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Hughf Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England761:733,13240,828
Canada101:3,684,559191,443
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England181:1,354,18747,798
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Hughf Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Hughf Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Hughf is found most in England. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Hughf? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,967,751st most frequently used family name internationally, held by around 1 in 80,972,732 people. The last name Hughf occurs mostly in Europe, where 87 percent of Hughf live; 86 percent live in Northern Europe and 86 percent live in British Isles.

The surname is most frequently held in England, where it is carried by 76 people, or 1 in 733,132. In England it is most prevalent in: Durham, where 54 percent are found, North Yorkshire, where 32 percent are found and Lancashire, where 7 percent are found. Not including England this surname is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 11 percent are found and The United States, where 2 percent are found.

Hughf Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Hughf has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Hughf surname grew 422 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it decreased 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hughff91171/
Hueghf911/
Houghf910/
Gaughf73238/
Goughf735/
Hughws733/
Houghw730/
Huyghew6710/
Ugbh677/
Hugv671/
Ughw671/
Ighf671/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Hughf
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