Buff Surname
Approximately 5,432 people bear this surname
Buff Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3,541 | 1:102,361 | 11,307 |
| Switzerland | 724 | 1:11,344 | 1,870 |
| Germany | 560 | 1:143,760 | 17,343 |
| England | 174 | 1:320,219 | 23,859 |
| Brazil | 125 | 1:1,712,595 | 55,994 |
| France | 59 | 1:1,125,809 | 120,603 |
| Argentina | 51 | 1:838,106 | 54,910 |
| Canada | 49 | 1:751,951 | 59,756 |
| South Africa | 34 | 1:1,593,462 | 80,086 |
| Poland | 26 | 1:1,461,875 | 85,446 |
| Russia | 21 | 1:6,863,003 | 268,198 |
| Australia | 21 | 1:1,285,510 | 68,491 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Japan | 3 | 1:42,614,764 | 59,022 |
| Colombia | 3 | 1:15,924,691 | 28,711 |
| Chile | 3 | 1:5,872,158 | 52,204 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Wales | 2 | 1:1,547,266 | 39,871 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 135 | 1:180,558 | 14,908 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:3,743,216 | 32,299 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 496 | 1:101,247 | 10,256 |
The alternate forms: Büff (2) are calculated separately.
Buff (775) may also be a first name.
Buff Demographics
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Buff Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Buff Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Buff (Russian: Буфф) is most common in The United States. It can occur in the variant forms: Büff. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Buff? popularity and diffusion
The surname Buff is the 88,439th most frequently occurring surname internationally, held by around 1 in 1,341,595 people. The last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 69 percent of Buff live; 66 percent live in North America and 66 percent live in Anglo-North America. Buff is also the 294,797th most frequently used forename globally It is held by 775 people.
It is most widespread in The United States, where it is carried by 3,541 people, or 1 in 102,361. In The United States Buff is mostly found in: North Carolina, where 27 percent live, South Carolina, where 10 percent live and New York, where 8 percent live. Outside of The United States it is found in 41 countries. It also occurs in Switzerland, where 13 percent live and Germany, where 10 percent live.
Buff Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Buff has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 714 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 129 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Buff Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Buff are 27.16% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 73.93% registered with the political party.
The amount Buff earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 47.24% less than the national average, earning R 125,376 per year; in United States they earn 5.59% less than the national average, earning $40,739 USD per year and in Canada they earn 20.79% less than the national average, earning $39,354 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Büff | 92 | 2 | / |
| Buffe | 89 | 862 | / |
| Bouff | 89 | 13 | / |
| Buffs | 89 | 2 | / |
| Bufff | 89 | 1 | / |
| Bhuff | 89 | 1 | / |
| Bauff | 89 | 0 | / |
| Beuff | 89 | 0 | / |
| Buf | 86 | 437 | / |
| Bauffe | 80 | 324 | / |
| Bouffe | 80 | 119 | / |
| Beuffe | 80 | 98 | / |
| Buiffe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Bufe | 75 | 1,192 | / |
| Bouf | 75 | 744 | / |
| Beuf | 75 | 625 | / |
| Wuff | 75 | 94 | / |
| Bauf | 75 | 26 | / |
| Buft | 75 | 12 | / |
| Bœuf | 75 | 5 | / |
| Bufh | 75 | 2 | / |
| Bufs | 75 | 2 | / |
| Buif | 75 | 1 | / |
| Bguf | 75 | 1 | / |
| Buuf | 75 | 1 | / |
| Buzf | 75 | 1 | / |
| Butf | 75 | 0 | / |
| Buffová | 73 | 14 | / |
| Buffova | 73 | 2 | / |
| Boeff | 67 | 427 | / |
| Boufe | 67 | 15 | / |
| Beufe | 67 | 9 | / |
| Wuiff | 67 | 3 | / |
| Baufe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Bousf | 67 | 2 | / |
| Buife | 67 | 2 | / |
| Buttf | 67 | 2 | / |
| Buufe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wauff | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bufch | 67 | 1 | / |
| Beufs | 67 | 0 | / |
| Booff | 67 | 0 | / |
Buff Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Buff in the Russian language | ||
| Буфф | buff | - |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Buff
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