Hugo surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Hugo surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,020 people carried this name — #10,603 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 98,000 people counted. That is up 3% from 2,922 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 290 people named Hugo.

16 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 37 départements, most often Meurthe-et-Moselle.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 16
Meurthe-et-Moselle 51
Paris 32
Moselle 29
Vosges 28
Morbihan 24
Nord 14
Meuse 14
Haut-Rhin 13

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 282 people named Hugo live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Neuquén.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Neuquén 113
Buenos Aires Province 112
City of Buenos Aires 28
Río Negro 18
Entre Ríos 11

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

261 people named Hugo live in Switzerland.

They live in 9 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Valais.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Valais 130
Bern 30
Geneva 30
Aargau 23
Vaud 16
Fribourg 11
Zurich 10
Thurgau 6

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In Belgium’s population register

At least 102 people named Hugo live in Belgium.

Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Liège.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Liège 53
Flemish Brabant 18
East Flanders 13
Luxembourg Province 13
Antwerp 5

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In the Nordic population registers

232 people named Hugo is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 232

Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).

In print

Hugo in American newspapers,
1845–1930.

Newspaper page from The Producers News carrying the name Hugo
The Producers News 1930-06-20
Newspaper page from The Poplar Standard carrying the name Hugo
The Poplar Standard 1914-12-03
Newspaper page from The Port-gibson Correspondent carrying the name Hugo
The Port-gibson Correspondent 1845-07-16

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 398,687 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Hugo,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Heinrich Hugo d. 1626 · teacher
  • Hubert Hugo d. 1678 · politician
  • Cris Hugo d. 2006
  • Marjory Anna Hugo d. 1988
  • de Sancto Neoto Hugo d. 1340
  • von Hohenberg Hugo d. 1287

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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