Muff Surname
Approximately 4,710 people bear this surname
Muff Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from a nickname. 'the mauf' or 'maugh,' i.e. the brother-in-law, a curious surname found in the West Riding of Yorks alongside its compound Watmuff, i.e. Walter's brother-in-law; compare the Lancashire Hickmough, Richard's brother-inlaw.
Read More About This SurnameMuff Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 2,283 | 1:3,597 | 487 |
| United States | 1,122 | 1:323,047 | 29,426 |
| Germany | 496 | 1:162,309 | 19,252 |
| England | 373 | 1:149,378 | 14,295 |
| Denmark | 175 | 1:32,256 | 3,342 |
| New Zealand | 55 | 1:82,333 | 11,809 |
| Canada | 50 | 1:736,912 | 58,785 |
| France | 32 | 1:2,075,710 | 171,237 |
| Wales | 20 | 1:154,727 | 10,755 |
| Brazil | 17 | 1:12,592,608 | 246,358 |
| Czechia | 13 | 1:817,959 | 70,223 |
| South Africa | 13 | 1:4,167,516 | 132,322 |
| Norway | 11 | 1:467,481 | 39,375 |
| Poland | 10 | 1:3,800,875 | 132,137 |
| Scotland | 9 | 1:594,869 | 21,724 |
| Argentina | 7 | 1:6,106,202 | 178,634 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Australia | 4 | 1:6,748,925 | 181,100 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 352 | 1:69,248 | 7,797 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 161 | 1:311,917 | 24,534 |
Muff (126) may also be a first name.
Muff Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from a nickname. 'the mauf' or 'maugh,' i.e. the brother-in-law, a curious surname found in the West Riding of Yorks alongside its compound Watmuff, i.e. Walter's brother-in-law; compare the Lancashire Hickmough, Richard's brother-inlaw. In compounds it is found asmaghe, moghe, mough, and mouth; v. Watmough.
(Anglo-Scand.) a corrupt form of the Middle Northern English maug(h = Brother - in - Law [Old Norse mág-r] The Irish place-name Muff is Irish magh, ‘a plain.’
From Muff, a parish of Ireland, co. Donegal.
Muff Demographics
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Muff Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Muff Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Muff has its highest incidence in Switzerland. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Muff click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Muff? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 100,308th most commonly occurring surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 1,547,250 people. This surname is primarily found in Europe, where 73 percent of Muff are found; 60 percent are found in Western Europe and 58 percent are found in Germanic Europe. It is also the 829,183rd most frequently held first name throughout the world It is held by 126 people.
Muff is most frequent in Switzerland, where it is carried by 2,283 people, or 1 in 3,597. In Switzerland Muff is most frequent in: Canton of Lucerne, where 58 percent are found, Canton of Zürich, where 9 percent are found and Canton of Aargau, where 9 percent are found. Excluding Switzerland this last name exists in 29 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 24 percent are found and Germany, where 11 percent are found.
Muff Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Muff has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 697 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 106 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Muff Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Muff surname are 22.81% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 69.58% being registered with the political party.
The amount Muff earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 28.67% more than the national average, earning 445,311 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 3.39% more than the national average, earning R 245,688 per year; in United States they earn 5.87% less than the national average, earning $40,615 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.29% less than the national average, earning $46,063 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauff | 89 | 98 | / |
| Muffs | 89 | 30 | / |
| Muffe | 89 | 4 | / |
| Muffì | 89 | 2 | / |
| Muf | 86 | 109 | / |
| Mouffe | 80 | 382 | / |
| Meuffe | 80 | 12 | / |
| Mauffe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mouf | 75 | 246 | / |
| Mufe | 75 | 98 | / |
| Mauf | 75 | 83 | / |
| Muif | 75 | 69 | / |
| Muft | 75 | 21 | / |
| Mguf | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mhuf | 75 | 1 | / |
| Meuf | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mujf | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mufp | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mutf | 75 | 1 | / |
| Musf | 75 | 1 | / |
| Muffová | 73 | 14 | / |
| Mushffe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Moufe | 67 | 104 | / |
| Maufe | 67 | 72 | / |
| Mouzf | 67 | 17 | / |
| Meufe | 67 | 4 | / |
| Mutfe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Muife | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mauft | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mushf | 67 | 1 | / |
| Muddf | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mupfe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mousf | 67 | 1 | / |
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