Puf Surname

572,152nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 551 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Puf Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Puf Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania3981:50,4476,234
Russia741:1,947,609122,573
Germany301:2,683,515132,064
Denmark81:705,58939,626
Belarus71:1,357,29483,128
Argentina71:6,106,202178,634
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
Poland41:9,502,187181,606
Vietnam31:30,882,0184,101
France21:33,211,361423,184
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Puf (38) may also be a first name.

Puf Last Name Facts

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

The last name Puf (Russian: Пуф) has its highest incidence in Romania. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Puf click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Puf? popularity and diffusion

The surname Puf is the 572,152nd most commonly held family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 13,226,036 people. The surname Puf occurs predominantly in Europe, where 92 percent of Puf live; 85 percent live in Eastern Europe and 72 percent live in Romanian Europe. It is also the 1,662,754th most commonly used first name on earth It is held by 38 people.

The surname is most numerous in Romania, where it is carried by 398 people, or 1 in 50,447. In Romania it is primarily concentrated in: Arad County, where 57 percent live, Cluj County, where 18 percent live and Alba County, where 14 percent live. Barring Romania this last name is found in 21 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 13 percent live and Germany, where 5 percent live.

Puf Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is predominantly Orthodox (60%) in Russia.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Puff862,918/
Pufe86194/
Peuf8689/
Pauf8612/
Pguf863/
Puft862/
Pufs862/
Pufh861/
Phuf861/
Puwf861/
Puzf861/
Pupf860/
Puffe75243/
Pfuff75132/
Pauff75124/
Pushf7521/
Puffs756/
Paufe755/
Phuff752/
Pouff752/
Puchf751/
Poufe751/
Hpuyf751/
Pheuf750/
Phouf750/
Phauf750/
Peufs750/
Pub67134/
Puiffe6795/
Puw6771/
Puv6711/
Pouffe671/
Pauffe670/
Phaufe670/
Phufss670/

Puf Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Puf in the Russian language
Пуфpuf-

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
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  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Puf
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