How common is the surname Hughley?

3,035 people in the United States had the surname Hughley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 101,728 Americans. It ranked 10,560th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Hughley getting more or less common?

More common. 2,565 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,035 in 2010, up 18%.

The surname Hughley

A surname, carried by 3,035 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H240

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hughley is more common than 93.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,035 people named Hughley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 101,728 Americans. That is up 18% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,565.

#10,560

rank among US surnames

3,035

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+18.3%

change since 2000 (was #11,302)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,552	Basler	3,038	101,628
#10,553	Hilty	3,037	101,661
#10,555	Magness	3,036	101,695
#10,560	Biggerstaff	3,035	101,728
#10,563	Nadler	3,034	101,762
#10,565	Mullikin	3,033	101,795

Who is named Hughley

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

77% of people named Hughley identified as Black (not Hispanic), 18% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as two or more races.

Black (not Hispanic) 77%
White (not Hispanic) 18%
Two or more races 2.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Hughley

Hughley has the Soundex code H240, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H240.

Questions

How common is the surname Hughley?: 3,035 people in the United States had the surname Hughley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 101,728 Americans. It ranked 10,560th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hughley?: In the 2010 Census, 77% of people named Hughley identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 18% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Hughley getting more or less common?: More common. 2,565 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,035 in 2010, up 18%.