Muffin Surname

1,943,350th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 92 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
British Virgin Islands

Muffin Surname Definition:

Corrupted from Mirfin, a surname, and also an ancient personal name; from W. morfin (mor-ffin), a sea brink.

Muffin Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States351:10,355,970420,657
England151:3,714,537119,675
Indonesia91:14,694,355460,137
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
Australia31:8,998,567200,784
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Argentina21:21,371,707253,176
Colombia21:23,887,03632,612
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Romania21:10,038,93580,612
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
British Virgin Islands11:31,5941,029
France11:66,422,722504,397
Fiji11:894,3914,568
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England151:1,625,02553,310
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States241:2,092,445103,667

Muffin (280) may also be a first name.

Muffin Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Corrupted from Mirfin, a surname, and also an ancient personal name; from W. morfin (mor-ffin), a sea brink.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Muffin Last Name Facts

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

The last name Muffin occurs in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Muffin? popularity and diffusion

Muffin is the 1,943,350th most commonly used family name globally It is held by around 1 in 79,212,456 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 49 percent of Muffin reside; 42 percent reside in North America and 40 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 530,161st most common forename throughout the world. It is borne by 280 people.

Muffin is most commonly held in The United States, where it is carried by 35 people, or 1 in 10,355,970. In The United States it is most frequent in: California, where 20 percent reside, Pennsylvania, where 9 percent reside and New York, where 9 percent reside. Aside from The United States it occurs in 24 countries. It is also found in England, where 16 percent reside and Indonesia, where 10 percent reside.

Muffin Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Muffin has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Muffin surname grew 146 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Muffin Last Name Statistics demography

Muffin earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 29.54% less than the national average, earning $30,403 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mguffin921/
Mufin91110/
Mufind83986/
Miffin8368/
Maufin8317/
Muffen839/
Muhfin836/
Mufina835/
Musfin833/
Mufien831/
Meufin830/
Moufina772/
Maufina771/
Mifin7310/
Mufim7310/
Mufen735/
Mufnq731/
Mufeen6721/
Mufeng6710/
Moufen672/
Maufim670/
Miffen670/
Muphing629/
Mauphin625/
Moufeng621/
Maufeen621/
Mifen550/
Miphin50174/
Miphen5013/
Mufeem507/
Muphim501/
Moufem501/
Miefen501/

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