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There are approximately 1,006 people named Hugh in the UK. That makes it the 7,145th most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 16 are named Hugh.

Region of origin

Asia

Country of origin

China

Language of origin

Chinese

Religion of origin

Unknown

Classification

Unknown
From given name or forename

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The Hugh surname in historical dictionaries

Patronymica Britannica (1860)

HUGH. This Norman Christian name, though of rare occurrence in its simple form, has furnished a host of derivatives, some of which would hardly be supposed to be of such origin. Who at first sight would take the five surnames, Fitzhugh, Pugh, Mackay, Hoey, and Huson, to be identical in meaning? Yet this is the case; for Fitzhugh is the A. -Norman rendering of ' Filius Hugonis,' the son of Rvgli ; Pugh is a contraction of the Welsh Ap-Hugh, the son of Hugh; Mackay, of the Gaelic Mac-Aiodh, ihe son of Hugh ; Hoey is the same name deprived of its Mac ; and Huson is clearly Hughson, â– the son of Hugh. Huggins, Higgins, Hutchins, Hitchins, Hutchinson, Ilugginson, Hewet, Hewetson, Howitt, Howis, Howison, Huggett, Hoggins, as well as Hughes, Hughson, Hewson, and probably many other names, are diminutives and patronjnnics of Hugh, the soft, and of Hugo, the hard, form. See more, where necessary, under the respective names.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.

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