Duncuff Surname

14,316,765th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Duncuff Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the dun-croft'; compare Metcalfe. I only suggest this as a guess, as a proved solution of the surname is beyond my reading. The Duncalfs of Foxwist, Cheshire, are found with that name so early as 1306.

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Duncuff Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France11:66,422,722504,397
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England191:1,282,91446,315
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Duncuff Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the dun-croft'; compare Metcalfe. I only suggest this as a guess, as a proved solution of the surname is beyond my reading. The Duncalfs of Foxwist, Cheshire, are found with that name so early as 1306. The name constantly occurs in Cheshire records.

Thomas Duncalf, of Foxwist, 1396: Earwaker's History of East Cheshire.

Thomas Duncalf, of Foxwist, 1566: ibid.

Richard Duncalf, of the Meyre, 1584: Wills at Chester.

Ralph Duncalf, of Rostherne, 1604: ibid.

— A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

From dun-calf, the bald or bare hill.

— Patronymica Cornu-Britannica (1870) by Richard Stephen Charnock
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Duncuff Last Name Facts

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

The surname Duncuff is found in France more than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Duncuff? popularity and diffusion

It is the 14,316,765th most commonly held surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. Duncuff occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Duncuff live; 100 percent live in Western Europe and 100 percent live in Gallo-Europe.

The surname is most numerous in France, where it is carried by 1 people, or 1 in 66,422,722. In France it is primarily found in: Pays de la Loire, where 100 percent live.

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