View the most partisan surnames in The United States

Where Does The Last Name Puffer Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

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

How Common Is The Last Name Puffer? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The last name is the 131,521^st most widespread family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 2,120,322 people. Puffer is mostly found in The Americas, where 80 percent of Puffer live; 79 percent live in North America and 79 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,694,839^th most common first name world-wide, borne by 17 people.

It is most frequent in The United States, where it is held by 2,435 people, or 1 in 148,854. In The United States it is primarily found in: Michigan, where 8 percent reside, New York, where 8 percent reside and California, where 8 percent reside. Other than The United States this surname occurs in 20 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 9 percent reside and Austria, where 8 percent reside.

Puffer Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The frequency of Puffer has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Puffer surname rose 269 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 813 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Puffer Last Name Statistics ^demography

In The United States those bearing the Puffer last name are 17.52% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 64.29% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Puffer earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 6.98% more than the national average, earning $46,162 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.04% less than the national average, earning $49,664 CAD per year.