Puffin Surname

3,798,600th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 27 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
New Zealand

Puffin Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Puffin Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States151:24,163,929685,360
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227
England31:18,572,686338,250
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States211:2,391,366115,093

Puffin (28) may also be a first name.

Puffin Last Name Facts

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

The surname Puffin occurs most in The United States. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Puffin? popularity and diffusion

Puffin is the 3,798,600th most numerous last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 269,909,108 people. The last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 59 percent of Puffin live; 56 percent live in North America and 56 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,994,417th most widely held given name in the world, borne by 28 people.

Puffin is most commonly used in The United States, where it is held by 15 people, or 1 in 24,163,929. In The United States Puffin is most common in: Oregon, where 33 percent are found, New Hampshire, where 20 percent are found and New York, where 20 percent are found. Besides The United States this last name occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 19 percent are found and England, where 11 percent are found.

Puffin Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Puffin has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name contracted 29 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 150 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Puffin Last Name Statistics demography

Puffin earn more than double the average income. In United States they earn 102.53% more than the national average, earning $87,389 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Puffing92182/
Pouffin921/
Puffinn921/
Pauffin921/
Pufin912/
Puffen8326/
Pfifin838/
Putfin833/
Piffin830/
Puhfink776/
Poufina775/
Phiffin770/
Pifin7310/
Pufen730/
Pufeng671/
Puphin671/
Piffen670/
Pfiffen621/
Poufeng621/
Phuefen621/
Phiffen620/
Phuphing572/
Phieffen570/
Pifen553/
Phuipheng531/
Poufem501/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • 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 Puffin
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