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
Average Male Buff Height
177.35 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Buff Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Buff Come From? nationality or country of origin
Buff (Russian: Буфф) is most common in The United States. It can also appear as a variant: Büff. Click here for further possible spellings of Buff.
How Common Is The Last Name Buff? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 88,439th most frequently used surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 1,341,595 people. This surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 69 percent of Buff live; 66 percent live in North America and 66 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 294,797th most frequent first name throughout the world. It is borne by 775 people.
The surname Buff is most widely held in The United States, where it is carried by 3,541 people, or 1 in 102,361. In The United States Buff is most prevalent in: North Carolina, where 27 percent are found, South Carolina, where 10 percent are found and New York, where 8 percent are found. Excluding The United States it occurs in 41 countries. It is also found in Switzerland, where 13 percent are found and Germany, where 10 percent are found.
Buff Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Buff has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Buff last name rose 714 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 129 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Buff Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Buff last name are 27.16% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 73.93% being registered to vote for 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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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- 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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