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Hughes
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English
Pronunciation
hyo͞oz, en /hjuːz/
en hues
en uːz 1
Proper noun
en Welsh and English patronymics derived from the given name Hugh.
en Josh Marshall Why Is Jeff Bezos Rakestomping the Post? w:Talking Points Memo https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/why-is-jeff-bezos-rakestomping-the-post 2025-07-24 What’s happening at the Post now — I’m surprised more people haven’t drawn the comparison — is sort of comparable to the phantasmagoria of rake stomps which took place at The New Republic after Facebook billionaire Chris Hughes purchased it in 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20250731062042/https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/why-is-jeff-bezos-rakestomping-the-post
A Welsh surname; a variant of Howells.
en place c/USA:
en minor city census area/Yukon-Koyukuk s/Alaska.
en city co/St. Francis County s/Arkansas.
en ghost town co/Hardin County s/Iowa.
en town co/Bayfield County s/Wisconsin.
en suburb city/Canberra terr/Australian Capital Territory c/Australia, named after Billy Hughes.
en rural locality mun:Suf/Litchfield terr/Northern Territory c/Australia.
en electoral division city/Sydney state/New South Wales c/Australia.
Derived terms
en Hughes County Hughes-Drever experiment Hughesian Hughes syndrome Hughes-Stovin syndrome Hughesy
Statistics
According to the 2010 United States Census, Hughes is the 90th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 236,271 individuals. Hughes is most common among White (78.39%) and Black (16.13%) individuals.
Anagrams
en eghhsu heughs sheugh
French
Pronunciation
Proper noun
mf
fr