Hug is used as a family name or surname in France. It is 3 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Hug
No. of characters: 3
Origin: France
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Hug

How popular is Hug?

Hug is common in France.

Hug is ranked 26794 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Hugs plummeted by 5.002274 per cent to 2089 since 2000 and slipped by 1495 spots and ranked at 14328. The last name was found in around 7 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 90.95 88.68
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 4.21 6.82
Hispanic or Latino 2.58 1.64
Others 1.15 1.46
Black 1.1 1.18
Hug is quite popular family name mostly used in Germany while Liechtenstein is ahead in terms of density. Around 18984 people have been found who wears Hug as their family name. Hug is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
5,340 Iceland6
11,480 Japan4
46,068 Philippines3
10,686 Costa Rica3
661,536 Indonesia3
4,164 Vietnam2
4,367 Afghanistan2
1,472 The Bahamas2
3,014 Taiwan2
10,284 Kuwait2
3,478 Haiti2
18,035 Egypt2
26,123 Malaysia2
34,572 Israel2
19,046 Ireland2
24,771 Colombia1
12,270 Lebanon1
6,212 Jamaica1
4,249 Cambodia1
7,110 Bosnia1
10,958 Bangladesh1
174,544 Czech Republic1
28,746 Algeria1
14,373 Jordan1
16,073 Latvia1
10,683 Cyprus1
9,591 Panama1
17,768 Pakistan1
16,640 Hong Kong1
11,510 Oman1
24,421 Slovakia1
5,589 Sudan1
17,236 Ghana1
8,430 Northern Ireland1
2,232 French Polynesia1
7,314 Bolivia1
9,926 Ivory Coast1
42,479 Greece1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
45,082 Spain45
12,527 Denmark44
7,175 Singapore41
24,028 United Arab Emirates38
132 Liechtenstein26
2,645 Luxembourg26
42,407 Sweden22
4,647 Thailand21
28,338 Norway20
3,114 China14
78,557 Netherlands13
29,517 New Zealand12
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
204,920 India68
78,184 Italy67
29,438 Belgium52
Countries with hundreds of Hug:
792 Paraguay794
17,266 Argentina314
20,451 Turkey279
16,019 Canada231
13,453 Saudi Arabia231
19,046 Mexico183
28,709 England161
60,164 Brazil159
9,538 Venezuela151
18,714 Australia137
9,948 Austria131
43,624 South Africa110
Countries with thousands of Hug:
1,443 Germany5,279
67 Switzerland5,015
12,895 United States2,703
3,007 France2,535
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Comments

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Elyse Decoteau
Hug is a family name, represents the Alsatian form of Hugues, personal name of Germanic origin, coming to hug that means intelligence.

Hug Namesakes

  • Kyle Aaris Hughley, Actor
  • Aaron Hughes, Soccer player
  • Dafydd ab Hugh, Author
  • Abby Hughes, Ski jumper
  • G. Hughes Abell, Film producer
  • Carol Hughes, Actress
  • Annabelle Huggins, Actress
  • Jay Hughes, Football player
  • Adam Hughes, Comics artist
  • Llifon Hughes-Jones, Author
  • Mark Hug, from 2010 drama and music flick The Travelling Movie Band, who portrayed the N.

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