Huff Surname

7,424th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 76,534 people bear this surname

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

Huff Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the hough' (which see), from residence thereby, provincially pronounced huff; compare enough and enow, or the pronunciation of Waff for the North English Waugh; compare Muff for Mough.

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Huff Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71,3731:5,078570
Canada1,3801:26,7003,562
Brazil1,2391:172,7806,657
Germany1,0151:79,31610,022
England4451:125,20912,540
Bangladesh3601:442,65811,259
Australia2731:98,88511,203
Thailand1011:699,390116,161
France651:1,021,888113,182
New Zealand491:92,41512,718
Panama321:122,2584,322
Liberia181:244,91915,115
Austria171:500,90847,931
Philippines161:6,327,389184,366
Hungary121:818,02342,199
Finland111:499,70030,478
India101:76,706,538639,611
Scotland81:669,22723,443
Argentina81:5,342,927168,491
South Africa71:7,739,672177,858
Poland61:6,334,792156,558
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Spain61:7,792,006100,283
Netherlands51:3,377,435111,911
Northern Ireland51:369,00715,220
Afghanistan51:6,430,63727,710
Switzerland41:2,053,22997,179
Vietnam41:23,161,5143,610
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Japan31:42,614,76459,022
Ecuador21:7,952,92334,269
Slovakia21:2,668,225118,680
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
China21:683,660,78330,601
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Belarus21:4,750,530139,516
Croatia21:2,114,30285,143
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Ukraine21:22,761,348425,733
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Togo11:7,247,76812,049
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Cook Islands11:18,1791,485
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
East Timor11:1,215,928507
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Fiji11:894,3914,568
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Guam11:160,1214,893
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland141:316,41912,423
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2751:88,6389,253
Scotland71:534,74514,325
Wales41:392,10412,338
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States13,3381:3,765455

Huff (165) may also be a first name.

Huff Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the hough' (which see), from residence thereby, provincially pronounced huff; compare enough and enow, or the pronunciation of Waff for the North English Waugh; compare Muff for Mough.

1605. Married — John Huffe and Johane Barrowe: St. James, Clerkenwell.

1803. — Thomas Huff and Mary Ann Hall: St. George, Hanover Square.

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

A Dialectal pron. of Hough, q.v.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(German, English) Dweller or worker on a hube, a farm of about 120 acres; dweller on, or by, a bluff or in or hollow; one who came from Huffen, in Germany.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

From Hough; a location name in Yorkshire.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Huff Last Name Facts

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

The last name Huff occurs more in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Huff? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 7,424th most common family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 95,220 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 97 percent of Huff are found; 95 percent are found in North America and 95 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Huff is also the 712,876th most prevalent first name at a global level. It is borne by 165 people.

Huff is most widespread in The United States, where it is held by 71,373 people, or 1 in 5,078. In The United States Huff is most common in: Texas, where 8 percent reside, California, where 7 percent reside and Ohio, where 6 percent reside. Besides The United States this last name exists in 63 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 2 percent reside and Brazil, where 2 percent reside.

Huff Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Huff has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Huff surname rose 535 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 162 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 114 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it contracted 93 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Huff Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Huff surname is principally Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States Huff are 18.53% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 65.3% being registered with the political party.

The amount Huff earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 31.79% less than the national average, earning R 162,096 per year; in United States they earn 4.79% less than the national average, earning $41,083 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.12% less than the national average, earning $49,128 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

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Heuff89376/
Chuff89137/
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Huf863,039/
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Hauffe802,021/
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Gauff67334/
Hooff67300/
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Gouff67103/
Haufs6781/
Hoeff6765/
Heufs6750/
Khauf6742/
Chufe6740/
Chauf6721/
Juiff6719/
Jeuff6712/
Hausf6712/
Ouffe6710/
Housf675/
Hauffová674/
Huddf673/
Jauff672/
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Hauffova671/
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