Buff Surname

88,439th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,432 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Switzerland

Buff Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Buff Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3,5411:102,36111,307
Switzerland7241:11,3441,870
Germany5601:143,76017,343
England1741:320,21923,859
Brazil1251:1,712,59555,994
France591:1,125,809120,603
Argentina511:838,10654,910
Canada491:751,95159,756
South Africa341:1,593,46280,086
Poland261:1,461,87585,446
Russia211:6,863,003268,198
Australia211:1,285,51068,491
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
Japan31:42,614,76459,022
Colombia31:15,924,69128,711
Chile31:5,872,15852,204
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Wales21:1,547,26639,871
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Tajikistan11:8,386,69212,859
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Fiji11:894,3914,568
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Djibouti11:914,9321,612
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1351:180,55814,908
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4961:101,24710,256

The alternate forms: Büff (2) are calculated separately.

Buff (775) may also be a first name.

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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Büff922/
Buffe89862/
Bouff8913/
Buffs892/
Bufff891/
Bhuff891/
Bauff890/
Beuff890/
Buf86437/
Bauffe80324/
Bouffe80119/
Beuffe8098/
Buiffe801/
Bufe751,192/
Bouf75744/
Beuf75625/
Wuff7594/
Bauf7526/
Buft7512/
Bœuf755/
Bufh752/
Bufs752/
Buif751/
Bguf751/
Buuf751/
Buzf751/
Butf750/
Buffová7314/
Buffova732/
Boeff67427/
Boufe6715/
Beufe679/
Wuiff673/
Baufe672/
Bousf672/
Buife672/
Buttf672/
Buufe671/
Wauff671/
Bufch671/
Beufs670/
Booff670/

Buff Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Buff in the Russian language
Буффbuff-

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Footnotes

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Buff
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