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

The Hugues surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 257 people carried this name — #75,069 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,111,100 people counted. That is down 15% from 302 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 2,792 people named Hugues.

80 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 87 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 80
Bouches-du-Rhône 319
Alpes-Maritimes 293
Var 204
Gard 185
Vaucluse 182
Paris 135
Alpes-de-Haute-Provence 116
Drôme 116

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

In Belgium’s population register

At least 27 people named Hugues 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 Namur.

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

Where they live today

Namur 21
West Flanders 6

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

Who carried it

People named Hugues,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Besançon Hugues
    Besançon Hugues 1482–1532 · politician
  • Pierre-François Hugues d'Hancarville
    Pierre-François Hugues d'Hancarville 1719–1805 · diplomat
  • François Hugues
    François Hugues 1848–1907 · politician
  • Clovis Hugues
    Clovis Hugues 1851–1907 · writer
  • Joseph Hugues-Lagarde 1748–1805 · financier
  • Jean-Pierre Hugues 1806–1877 · pastor

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

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Surnames next to Hugues.

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