Muff Surname

100,308th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,710 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Switzerland
Highest density in:
Switzerland

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.

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Muff Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Switzerland2,2831:3,597487
United States1,1221:323,04729,426
Germany4961:162,30919,252
England3731:149,37814,295
Denmark1751:32,2563,342
New Zealand551:82,33311,809
Canada501:736,91258,785
France321:2,075,710171,237
Wales201:154,72710,755
Brazil171:12,592,608246,358
Czechia131:817,95970,223
South Africa131:4,167,516132,322
Norway111:467,48139,375
Poland101:3,800,875132,137
Scotland91:594,86921,724
Argentina71:6,106,202178,634
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Australia41:6,748,925181,100
Papua New Guinea21:4,076,858165,791
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England3521:69,2487,797
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1611:311,91724,534

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.

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

(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.’

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

From Muff, a parish of Ireland, co. Donegal.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mauff8998/
Muffs8930/
Muffe894/
Muffì892/
Muf86109/
Mouffe80382/
Meuffe8012/
Mauffe801/
Mouf75246/
Mufe7598/
Mauf7583/
Muif7569/
Muft7521/
Mguf751/
Mhuf751/
Meuf751/
Mujf751/
Mufp751/
Mutf751/
Musf751/
Muffová7314/
Mushffe731/
Moufe67104/
Maufe6772/
Mouzf6717/
Meufe674/
Mutfe672/
Muife672/
Mauft672/
Mushf671/
Muddf671/
Mupfe671/
Mousf671/

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