McHughes Surname

833,931st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 331 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Northern Ireland

McHughes Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

McHughes Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3161:1,147,02282,337
Northern Ireland161:115,3156,804
Australia151:1,799,71385,184
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England111:2,215,94364,354
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States541:929,97655,839

McHughes Last Name Facts

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

The last name McHughes is found most in The United States. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name McHughes? popularity and diffusion

It is the 833,931st most frequently occurring family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 22,016,755 people. The last name McHughes is mostly found in The Americas, where 96 percent of McHughes are found; 96 percent are found in North America and 96 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most prevalent in The United States, where it is held by 316 people, or 1 in 1,147,022. In The United States McHughes is most frequent in: Arkansas, where 24 percent are found, Oklahoma, where 14 percent are found and Louisiana, where 13 percent are found. Apart from The United States this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Northern Ireland, where 5 percent are found and Australia, where 5 percent are found.

McHughes Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of McHughes has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the McHughes surname rose 585 percent between 1880 and 2014.

McHughes Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is primarily Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the McHughes surname are 6.22% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 52.99% registered to vote for the political party.

McHughes earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 0.42% less than the national average, earning $42,967 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mhughes931/
McHughe930/
Mshughes881/
McHughey880/
McHuge866/
McHaughey823/
McHugyh801/
Mhuge77168/
McAughey75215/
McHaughy752/
Mmcaughey711/
McAughy673/
Mshaughi631/
McAughay630/
Mhugi6213/
Mzuge624/
Msuge622/
Msauge57965/
Mzugha57176/
Msugha572/
Mshuga572/
Mzunge571/
McUggy571/
Msuuge571/
Mjugge571/
Mzughi571/
Mzoughi53645/
Mshungi534/
Mzuugha531/
Mzoughy531/
Mzoughui5011/
M'Zoughi508/
Mshoogys502/
Msgaughy501/

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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 McHughes
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