US Population With Last Name Hughes By Race and Ethnicity in the 2010 Census

Updated on December 11, 2025.

Data Source: US Census Bureau.

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In the 2010 Census, there were 236,271 people in the US whose last name was Hughes, and the rate of occurence of the Hughes last name was 80.1 per 100K.

The race of 78.39% of the people with the last name of Hughes was Non Hispanic White Alone (i.e. 185,213 people); 16.13% was Non Hispanic Black or African American Alone (i.e. 38,111 people); and 2.47% was Hispanic or Latino (i.e. 5,836 people).

US Percentage of Pop. With Last Name Hughes By Race And Ethniciity in the 2010 Census

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The table below below shows by race and ethnicity, the number of people and the percentage of the total people with the Hughes last name.

US Population With Last Name Hughes By Race And Ethniciity in the 2010 Census

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Last Name Number of People Percent of Total (%)
Non Hispanic White Alone 185213 78.39
Non Hispanic Black or African American Alone 38111 16.13
Hispanic or Latino 5836 2.47
Non Hispanic Two or More Races 4655 1.97
Non Hispanic American Indian and Alaska Native Alone 1252 0.53
Non Hispanic Asian and Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander Alone 1181 0.5