Hughes
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Hughes Surname Genealogy
Thomas Hughes was the Victorian author of Tom Brown's Schooldays.
Billy Hughes, of Welsh parentage, was Prime Minister of Australia from 1915 to 1923.
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A patronymic name from the
Anglo-Norman Hugo which developed in the vernacular as Hue and
Hugh. St. Hugh of Lincoln established the first Carthusian
monastery in England in the 12th century.
The name became particularly prevalent in Wales, being first found in Carmarthenshire. This may seem surprising as Hugh was Anglo-Norman in origin rather than Welsh. But Hugh (and subsequently Hughes) became a Welsh name simply because it bore a resemblance to the common Welsh name of Hywel or Howell. Hughes gradually replaced Hywel in the 15th and 16th centuries.
The Hughes name was also imported into Ireland and crops up in Armagh, Fermanagh, and Tyrone.
The name became particularly prevalent in Wales, being first found in Carmarthenshire. This may seem surprising as Hugh was Anglo-Norman in origin rather than Welsh. But Hugh (and subsequently Hughes) became a Welsh name simply because it bore a resemblance to the common Welsh name of Hywel or Howell. Hughes gradually replaced Hywel in the 15th and 16th centuries.
The Hughes name was also imported into Ireland and crops up in Armagh, Fermanagh, and Tyrone.
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Hughes Resources on
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- Hughes Family History Website. Hiughes genealogy.
- George Hughes and Descendants. Hiughes from England to America.
- Thomas Hughes Genealogy. Hughes of Tom Brown's Schooldays.
Thomas Hughes was the Victorian author of Tom Brown's Schooldays.
Billy Hughes, of Welsh parentage, was Prime Minister of Australia from 1915 to 1923.
Charles
Hughes, a Republican politician from New York, was the Chief
Justice of the United States from 1930 to 1941.
Langston Hughes was an African American poet who flourished during the Harlem Renaissance.
Langston Hughes was an African American poet who flourished during the Harlem Renaissance.
Howard
Hughes was an American aviator, industrialist, and film
maker. He was one of the wealthiest men of the world in the
1930's but ended his life as a recluse.
Ted Hughes was the English Poet Laureate from 1984 to 1998.
Ted Hughes was the English Poet Laureate from 1984 to 1998.
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- 148,000 in the UK (most numerous in Gwynedd)
- 75,000 in America (most numerous in Texas)
- 69,000 elsewhere (most numerous in Australia)