Parishes where Hughes and a second surname are found together
| Antrim: | 47 | Armagh: | 538 | Belfast city: | 112 | Carlow: | 46 |
| Cavan: | 42 | Clare: | 4 | Cork: | 8 | Cork city: | 6 |
| Derry: | 74 | Donegal: | 40 | Down: | 136 | Dublin: | 78 |
| Dublin city: | 65 | Fermanagh: | 18 | Galway: | 114 | Kildare: | 55 |
| Kilkenny: | 49 | Laois: | 53 | Leitrim: | 4 | Limerick: | 4 |
| Limerick city: | 1 | Longford: | 94 | Louth: | 111 | Mayo: | 255 |
| Meath: | 107 | Monaghan: | 292 | Offaly: | 21 | Roscommon: | 37 |
| Sligo: | 13 | Tipperary: | 36 | Tyrone: | 349 | Waterford: | 13 |
| Westmeath: | 86 | Wexford: | 124 | Wicklow: | 37 |
| Hayes | Very numerous: all areas: Munster and S Leinster especially. Also E Ulster. The Irish is Ó h-Aodha from Aodh, a popular personal name meaning "fire". It applies to some ten septs in different areas and was also an Anglo-Norman name in Wexford. The Irish name has been widely anglicised Hughes in the north; in Cork it appears, more accurately as O'Hea. SI, IF & SGG. |
| Heyes | rare: Down. English or a variant of Hayes, q.v. |
| Hughes | Very numerous: all areas except Munster. Ir. Ó h-Aodha, Mac Aodha, from first name Aodh, meaning "fire". Shared by many families, those in Munster being anglicised Hayes and O'Hea. The name is also a common English one based on the Teutonic first name Hugo which became Hugh. This latter has entirely replaced the native Aodh. |
| Ó h-Aodha | rare: scattered. Ir.Lang. See Hayes. |
| Ó h-Aodha | O'Hea, Hayes, Hughes: líonmhar gach áird. Galldaithe mar Hayes sa deisceart agus Hughes sa tuaisceart. I gCorcaigh amháin a choiméadadh Ó le O'Hea. Bhí Aodh a chiallaíonn "lasair", ar an h-ainmneacha is coitianta in Éirinn anallód. Tugann de Bhulbh liosta de 13 chlann a ngaibh an sloinne seo leo. IF, SI & SGG. |
| O'Hea | Quite numerous: Cork, Derry etc. Ir. Ó h-Aodha, from first name Aodh (fire). The name is usually anglicised Hughes and Hayes. IF. |
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