# Pugh (surname)

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

A surname from Welsh.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Welsh |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 39,559 |
| US rank (2010) | 879 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 7,805 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.2% (38,691 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /pjuː/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | Bew, Pew, Pughe |

## Etymology

From Welsh ap (“son of”) + Huw (“Hugh”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Pugh 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) | 67% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 28% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 2.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Pugh in the United States, the United Kingdom and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

## People named Pugh

- Florence Pugh, British actress (born 1996)
- Jim Pugh, American tennis player
- Robert Pugh, British actor
- George E. Pugh, American politician (1822-1876)
- Willard E. Pugh, American actor
- Catherine E. Pugh, American politician
- Charles C. Pugh, American mathematician
- Eliza Ann Pugh, Australian journalist, literary critic and social reformer
- Zachary Levi, American actor (born 1980)
- Tammy Wynette, American country singer (1942–1998)
- Jay Briscoe, American professional wrestler (1984–2023)

## Similar surnames

Paugh, Pough, Pu, Peugh, Puga, Puig, Page, Peck, Pace, Pike, Paz, Paige.

## 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.