Hughes-what is the ancestory of this last name?

Answer 1

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Answer 2

Hughes
This interesting name derives from the Olde French personal name
Hu(gh)e introduced by the Normans after 1066. This name is in
origin a short form of any of the various Germanic compound names
with the first element "hug" heart or mind. e.g., a popular given
name among the Normans in Britain partly due to the fame of St.
Hugh of Lincoln (1140 - 1200), who was born in Burgundy and who
established the first Carthusian and Scottish Monastery in England.
In Ireland and Scotland the name became "Aodh", "Eoghann". In Wales
and other Celtic areas, the name derives from the Old Celtic Hu or
Huw, meaning "fire" or "inspiration". Early recordings of the
surname include; Anne, daughter of Maurice Hughes, who was
christened on October 9th 1586, at St. James, Clerkenwell, London;
on October 12th 1670, Stephen Hughes married Cattrin Daniell, in
Swansea, Glamorgan; and Dorothy, daughter of Thomas Hughes, was
christened on June 14th 1687, at St. Thomas, Swansea, Glamorgan.
The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that
of
Thomas Hughes, which was dated
1327, Pipe Rolls of Somerset, during the reign of
King Edward 111, "The Father of the Navy", 1327 - 1377.

Answer 3

I just googled this site:

http://surnames.behindthename.com/php/browse.php?letter=h

It said:

Hughes
Usage: English
Extra: Statistics
Patronymic of the given name Hugh.

Answer 4

I think it's English or Irish, that area.