Cuff Surname

63,346th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7,908 people bear this surname

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

Cuff Surname Definition:

(English) the Anglo-Saxon pers. name Cuf(f, Cuf(f)a. (? Anglo-French-Latin) a nickname or trade- name from the Cuff, Coif, or Cap [Middle English cuffe, Old French coiffe, Low Latin cofea, a cap: cp. Late Old English cuffie, a hood]

Cuff Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3,9701:91,29910,262
England1,4161:39,3495,091
Canada7541:48,8675,930
New Zealand3941:11,4932,003
Australia3531:76,4758,947
Jamaica2561:11,2111,173
South Africa2351:230,54323,873
France1361:488,40268,701
Wales1111:27,8792,864
Israel1021:83,89810,034
Argentina311:1,378,82078,351
Kuwait291:131,05814,967
Northern Ireland141:131,7887,342
Scotland141:382,41616,471
Cayman Islands141:4,564572
Thailand91:7,848,705447,191
Brazil81:26,759,292405,030
Costa Rica61:796,6785,462
Iraq41:8,755,41423,373
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Cuba41:2,880,67910,064
China31:455,773,85521,925
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
Denmark31:1,881,57267,227
Namibia21:1,204,70016,113
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Brunei11:418,7313,893
British Virgin Islands11:31,5941,029
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Solomon Islands11:580,02922,243
Guam11:160,1214,893
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Maldives11:404,1727,269
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland991:44,7463,937
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,1111:21,9403,099
Wales391:40,2162,129
Scotland151:249,5488,553
Jersey21:25,9413,069
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,2921:38,8694,595

Cuff (44) may also be a first name.

Cuff Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) the Anglo-Saxon pers. name Cuf(f, Cuf(f)a. (? Anglo-French-Latin) a nickname or trade- name from the Cuff, Coif, or Cap [Middle English cuffe, Old French coiffe, Low Latin cofea, a cap: cp. Late Old English cuffie, a hood]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Cuff: from Coiffy, in Haute Marne.

Family Names And Their Story (1913) by Sabine Baring-Gould

Cuff Last Name Facts

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

The surname Cuff is found most frequently in The United States. It may also occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Cuff? popularity and diffusion

Cuff is the 63,346th most frequently used family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 921,541 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 60 percent of Cuff live; 56 percent live in North America and 55 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,525,482nd most frequently used first name worldwide, borne by 44 people.

The last name is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 3,970 people, or 1 in 91,299. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: Pennsylvania, where 13 percent live, New York, where 9 percent live and New Jersey, where 7 percent live. Outside of The United States this surname is found in 51 countries. It is also found in England, where 18 percent live and Canada, where 10 percent live.

Cuff Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Cuff has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Cuff last name rose 307 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 127 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it rose 285 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it declined 7 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 99 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Cuff Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is primarily Catholic (96%) in Ireland.

In The United States Cuff are 14.03% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 60.8% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Cuff earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 28.06% more than the national average, earning R 304,308 per year; in United States they earn 1.75% more than the national average, earning $43,904 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.14% less than the national average, earning $47,131 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Cuffe893,039/
Chuff89137/
Cauff8927/
Cuffs8910/
Couff896/
Scuff896/
Ciuff892/
Cuiff891/
Cuf8674/
Couffe80146/
Chauff8064/
Chuffe8031/
Cuiffe8013/
Scauff803/
Chuiff801/
Scuiff800/
Cuif75318/
Kuff75256/
Couf75180/
Suff75135/
Cufe7599/
Juff7513/
Cuft7513/
Cupf754/
Zuff753/
Ceuf753/
Hcuf753/
Chuf753/
Cauf753/
Cuvf751/
Cufs751/
Scuf751/
Cufh751/
Cufp750/
Chauffe73285/
Chouffe7352/
Cheuffh731/
Chouf67849/
Kauff67532/
Juffs67234/
Sauff67131/
Juffe6769/
Djuff6745/
Coeff6743/
Chufe6740/
Chauf6721/
Juiff6719/
Tchouffe6718/
Tsuff6715/
Kuiff6715/
Kouff6714/
Seuff6713/
Jeuff6712/
Zuiff6710/
Jufft679/
Kuffe674/
Ciufe674/
Kuyff673/
Jauff672/
Scauf671/
Zuffe671/
Zouff671/
Jhuff671/
Cufss671/
Coufe671/
Cheuf671/
Suffh671/
Xjuff671/
Cutfs671/
Keuff670/
Kupff670/
Jouff670/

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