Huffman Surname

8,241st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 69,084 people bear this surname

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

Huffman Surname Definition:

(German) Worker on a hube, a farm of about 120 acres.

Huffman Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States67,0381:5,407623
Canada1,6901:21,8022,988
England681:819,38343,863
Japan511:2,506,75130,743
Germany351:2,300,156119,987
Netherlands201:844,35960,801
New Zealand191:238,33322,631
Brazil151:14,271,622267,944
Australia121:2,249,64297,973
Norway121:428,52437,411
Mexico111:11,284,20041,789
Thailand91:7,848,705447,191
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Russia61:24,020,509493,300
Wales61:515,75523,171
Israel61:1,426,27275,466
Cameroon51:4,153,814129,697
China51:273,464,31313,838
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Philippines41:25,309,556279,062
Scotland41:1,338,45435,497
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
South Korea31:17,080,0852,793
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
Colombia21:23,887,03632,612
Panama21:1,956,12915,285
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
Ukraine21:22,761,348425,733
Costa Rica21:2,390,03410,205
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
France21:33,211,361423,184
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
American Samoa11:55,7583,072
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Tajikistan11:8,386,69212,859
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Cook Islands11:18,1791,485
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Guam11:160,1214,893
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Mongolia11:2,825,28917,010
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England201:1,218,76844,985
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States13,2791:3,782463

Huffman (86) may also be a first name.

Huffman Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(German) Worker on a hube, a farm of about 120 acres.

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

Huffman Last Name Facts

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

The last name Huffman (Arabic: هفمان) is more frequently found in The United States than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Huffman? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 8,241st most frequently held family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 105,488 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 99 percent of Huffman live; 99 percent live in North America and 99 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,032,266th most commonly occurring first name globally It is held by 86 people.

It is most widespread in The United States, where it is held by 67,038 people, or 1 in 5,407. In The United States it is most common in: North Carolina, where 9 percent reside, Ohio, where 8 percent reside and Texas, where 7 percent reside. Barring The United States it occurs in 63 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 2 percent reside and England, where 0 percent reside.

Huffman Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Huffman has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 505 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 340 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Huffman Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Huffman last name are 32.92% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 86.15% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Huffman earn in different countries varies notably. In Norway they earn 13.25% less than the national average, earning 300,224 kr per year; in United States they earn 5.13% less than the national average, earning $40,936 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.12% more than the national average, earning $50,735 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Huffman Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Huffman in the Arabic language
هفمانhfman-

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Huffman Reference & Research

Hoffman DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.

Hoffman FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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