Puff Surname
Approximately 2,918 people bear this surname
Puff Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,094 | 1:331,315 | 30,015 |
| Germany | 596 | 1:135,076 | 16,444 |
| Austria | 429 | 1:19,849 | 3,081 |
| Brazil | 381 | 1:561,875 | 21,013 |
| Canada | 112 | 1:328,978 | 30,038 |
| Poland | 66 | 1:575,890 | 53,502 |
| Portugal | 38 | 1:274,164 | 10,086 |
| France | 30 | 1:2,214,091 | 176,965 |
| Israel | 21 | 1:407,506 | 32,346 |
| South Africa | 20 | 1:2,708,885 | 106,094 |
| Italy | 17 | 1:3,597,452 | 102,597 |
| Czechia | 12 | 1:886,122 | 73,425 |
| Australia | 8 | 1:3,374,463 | 124,818 |
| Netherlands | 8 | 1:2,110,897 | 88,902 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| Switzerland | 7 | 1:1,173,274 | 69,697 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| Philippines | 5 | 1:20,247,645 | 262,352 |
| China | 5 | 1:273,464,313 | 13,838 |
| Argentina | 4 | 1:10,685,854 | 219,200 |
| Ukraine | 4 | 1:11,380,674 | 331,818 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 1:3,667,742 | 11,574 |
| Cape Verde | 2 | 1:264,821 | 5,214 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 442 | 1:113,617 | 11,247 |
The alternate forms: Püff (10) are calculated separately.
Puff (80) may also be a first name.
Puff Demographics
Puff Political Affiliation
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Puff Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Puff Come From? nationality or country of origin
Puff has its highest incidence in The United States. It can also occur in the variant forms: Püff. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Puff? popularity and diffusion
It is the 151,004th most commonly held surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 2,497,445 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 55 percent of Puff reside; 41 percent reside in North America and 41 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Puff is also the 1,075,395th most commonly occurring first name in the world. It is borne by 80 people.
The surname Puff is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 1,094 people, or 1 in 331,315. In The United States it is most common in: New York, where 16 percent reside, Missouri, where 10 percent reside and Michigan, where 9 percent reside. Aside from The United States Puff is found in 51 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 20 percent reside and Austria, where 15 percent reside.
Puff Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Puff has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 248 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 350 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Puff Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Puff last name are 5.65% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 52.42% registered with the political party.
The amount Puff earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 45.37% less than the national average, earning R 129,816 per year; in United States they earn 10.58% more than the national average, earning $47,714 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.35% less than the national average, earning $47,023 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Püff | 92 | 10 | / |
| Puffe | 89 | 243 | / |
| Pfuff | 89 | 132 | / |
| Pauff | 89 | 124 | / |
| Puffs | 89 | 6 | / |
| Pouff | 89 | 2 | / |
| Phuff | 89 | 2 | / |
| Puf | 86 | 551 | / |
| Puiffe | 80 | 95 | / |
| Pouffe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Pauffe | 80 | 0 | / |
| Pufe | 75 | 194 | / |
| Peuf | 75 | 89 | / |
| Pauf | 75 | 12 | / |
| Pguf | 75 | 3 | / |
| Puft | 75 | 2 | / |
| Pufs | 75 | 2 | / |
| Pufh | 75 | 1 | / |
| Puzf | 75 | 1 | / |
| Phuf | 75 | 1 | / |
| Puwf | 75 | 1 | / |
| Pupf | 75 | 0 | / |
| Puffová | 73 | 12 | / |
| Puffova | 73 | 1 | / |
| Pushf | 67 | 21 | / |
| Paufe | 67 | 5 | / |
| Pooff | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hpuyf | 67 | 1 | / |
| Poufe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Puchf | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pheuf | 67 | 0 | / |
| Phouf | 67 | 0 | / |
| Poeff | 67 | 0 | / |
| Phauf | 67 | 0 | / |
| Peufs | 67 | 0 | / |
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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
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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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 Puff
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