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
Average Muff Salary in
United States
$40,615 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Muff Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Muff Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Muff has its highest incidence in Switzerland. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Muff? popularity and diffusion
The last name Muff is the 100,308th most frequent family name globally, borne by around 1 in 1,547,250 people. The last name Muff occurs mostly in Europe, where 73 percent of Muff reside; 60 percent reside in Western Europe and 58 percent reside in Germanic Europe. It is also the 829,183rd most commonly used first name globally. It is borne by 126 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Switzerland, where it is borne by 2,283 people, or 1 in 3,597. In Switzerland Muff is mostly concentrated in: Canton of Lucerne, where 58 percent live, Canton of Zürich, where 9 percent live and Canton of Aargau, where 9 percent live. Excluding Switzerland this surname exists in 29 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 24 percent live and Germany, where 11 percent live.
Muff Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Muff has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 697 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 106 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Muff Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Muff surname are 22.81% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 69.58% registered to vote for the 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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