How common is the surname Hugo?

3,020 people in the United States had the surname Hugo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 102,234 Americans. It ranked 10,603rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Hugo?

In the 2010 Census, 69% of people named Hugo identified as white (not Hispanic), and 18% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Hugo?

Adèle Hugo, 2nd daughter of Victor Hugo (1830–1915), followed by Victor Hugo Gomes Silva.

Where is the surname Hugo most common?

Wikidata records people named Hugo in France, Brazil and the United States.

How do you pronounce Hugo?

Hugo is /ˈhju.ɡoʊ/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Hugo getting more or less common?

More common. 2,922 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,020 in 2010, up 3.4%.

Is Hugo also a first name?

Yes. Hugo is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Hugo

A French surname, carried by 3,020 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈhju.ɡoʊ/ 2 syllables Soundex H200 Also a first name

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

Origin

French origin

From Old French Hugo, of Germanic origin, from Frankish *hugi (“thought, mind, spirit”).

One of 791 French surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,020 people named Hugo in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 102,234 Americans. That is up 3.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,922.

#10,603

rank among US surnames

3,020

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+3.4%

change since 2000 (was #10,139)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,596	Coan	3,024	102,098
#10,598	Chumley	3,022	102,166
#10,601	Boice	3,021	102,200
#10,603	Hugo	3,020	102,234
#10,607	Kollar	3,019	102,267

Who is named Hugo

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

69% of people named Hugo identified as white (not Hispanic), 18% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 8.4% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 69%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 18%
Asian and Pacific Islander 8.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 3.1%
Two or more races 1.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Hugos

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Adèle Hugo
2nd daughter of Victor Hugo (1830–1915)
Victor Hugo Gomes Silva
Brazilian association football player, born 2004
François-Victor Hugo
4th of Victor Hugo's 5 children, 1828–1873
Richard Hugo
American poet (1923–1982)
Hugh of Cluny
Abbot of Cluny (1024-1109)

Notable Hugos come mostly from France (3), Brazil (1) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Hugo

Hugo has the Soundex code H200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H200.

Other French surnames

All 791 French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Hugo come from?: From Old French Hugo, of Germanic origin, from Frankish *hugi (“thought, mind, spirit”).
How common is the surname Hugo?: 3,020 people in the United States had the surname Hugo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 102,234 Americans. It ranked 10,603rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hugo?: In the 2010 Census, 69% of people named Hugo identified as white (not Hispanic), and 18% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Hugo?: Adèle Hugo, 2nd daughter of Victor Hugo (1830–1915), followed by Victor Hugo Gomes Silva.
Where is the surname Hugo most common?: Wikidata records people named Hugo in France, Brazil and the United States.
How do you pronounce Hugo?: Hugo is /ˈhju.ɡoʊ/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Hugo getting more or less common?: More common. 2,922 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,020 in 2010, up 3.4%.
Is Hugo also a first name?: Yes. Hugo is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.