Buffington Surname

41,528th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12,569 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Buffington Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Buffington Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States12,4181:29,1883,615
Canada641:575,71247,839
Australia261:1,038,29659,744
Thailand161:4,414,897343,519
Germany111:7,318,678235,042
Venezuela91:3,356,00933,931
Philippines81:12,654,778228,986
Georgia21:1,872,77235,618
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Guam11:160,1214,893
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
England11:55,718,059489,080
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,2901:21,9302,758

Buffington (26) may also be a first name.

Buffington Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Buffington Come From? nationality or country of origin

Buffington occurs most in The United States. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Buffington.

How Common Is The Last Name Buffington? popularity and diffusion

The last name Buffington is the 41,528th most numerous surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 579,803 people. Buffington occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 99 percent of Buffington reside; 99 percent reside in North America and 99 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Buffington is also the 2,084,397th most widely held first name in the world, borne by 26 people.

The surname is most widespread in The United States, where it is held by 12,418 people, or 1 in 29,188. In The United States it is primarily found in: Georgia, where 16 percent are found, California, where 8 percent are found and Texas, where 7 percent are found. Besides The United States this surname exists in 21 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 1 percent are found and Australia, where 0 percent are found.

Buffington Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Buffington has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 542 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Buffington Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Buffington are 22.43% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 69.2% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Buffington earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 0.31% less than the national average, earning $43,017 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.77% less than the national average, earning $43,833 CAD per year.

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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 Buffington
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