# Hough (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/hough/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 15,549 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,345 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 19,856 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.0% (15,090 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /hʌf/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* English surname, from Old English hōh (“spur of land”). Compare Howe, Howes. * As an Irish surname, variant of Haugh.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Hough in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 84% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 11% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.8% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Hough in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia.

## People named Hough

- Julianne Hough, American dancer, choreographer, actress, singer, and songwriter (born 1988)
- Derek Hough, American dancer
- Stephen Hough, British-born classical pianist, composer and writer
- Larry Hough, American rower
- John Hough, born 1941; British film and television director
- Nicholas Hough, Australian sprint and hurdle athlete
- Romeyn Beck Hough, American physician and botanist (1857-1924)

## Similar surnames

Ho, Hu, Hou, Haugh, Hugh, Hogue, Hogg, Hoag, Hughey, Hoch, Houk, Hoge.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.