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    The surname Hudgens

    A surname, carried by 4,609 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex H325

    Hudgens: #7,237 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Hudgens #7,237, 4,609 people Hudgens: #7,237 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Hudgens #7,237, 4,609 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hudgens is more common than 95.5% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,609 people named Hudgens in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 66,988 Americans. That is up 0.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,582.

    #7,237
    rank among US surnames
    4,609
    people in 2010
    1.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.6%
    change since 2000 (was #6,781)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #7,228Pete4,61966,843
    #7,229Swindell4,61866,857
    #7,230Charbonneau4,61766,871
    #7,232Gordillo4,61666,886
    #7,234Bybee4,61466,915
    #7,235Gast4,61266,944
    #7,236Dufresne4,61166,958

    Who is named Hudgens

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    83% of people named Hudgens identified as white (not Hispanic), 12% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 83%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 12%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Hudgenss

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Vanessa Hudgens
      American actress and singer (born 1988)
    • Stella Hudgens
      American actress, born 1995

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Hudgens

    Hudgens has the Soundex code H325, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H325.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Hudgens?
    4,609 people in the United States had the surname Hudgens in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 66,988 Americans. It ranked 7,237th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Hudgens?
    In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Hudgens identified as white (not Hispanic), and 12% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Hudgens?
    Vanessa Hudgens, American actress and singer (born 1988), followed by Stella Hudgens.
    Where is the surname Hudgens most common?
    Wikidata records people named Hudgens in the United States.
    Is the surname Hudgens getting more or less common?
    More common. 4,582 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,609 in 2010, up 0.6%.