Hughts Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Jamaica

Hughts Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Hughts Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Hughts Last Name Facts

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

Hughts is held by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Hughts? popularity and diffusion

Hughts is the 8,968,613th most numerous family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. It is mostly found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Hughts are found; 75 percent are found in North America and 75 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The last name Hughts is most commonly used in The United States, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 120,819,644. In The United States Hughts is most common in: Florida, where 33 percent live, South Dakota, where 33 percent live and Texas, where 33 percent live. Besides The United States this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in Jamaica, where 25 percent live.

Hughts Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Hughts has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Hughts surname increased 300 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Haughts923/
Houghts920/
Ughts911/
Hught911/
Haught835,892/
Hought83266/
Hights83159/
Chught83145/
Hughte8327/
Huight838/
Hughtt830/
Ught8015/
Aughtse773/
Chaught771/
Hieghts771/
Haughte770/
Houghte770/
Aught7366/
Hoght731/
Ought730/
Gaught67246/
Hoeght6720/
Chugdh6711/
Choght674/
Jought671/
Haughc671/
Ounght670/
Gought670/

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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 Hughts
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