Puffy Surname
Approximately 42 people bear this surname
Puffy Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 23 | 1:2,355,552 | 98,611 |
| United States | 11 | 1:32,950,812 | 797,015 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
Puffy (97) may also be a first name.
Puffy Demographics
Average Puffy Salary in
United States
$26,125 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Puffy Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Puffy Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Puffy occurs in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Puffy.
How Common Is The Last Name Puffy? popularity and diffusion
The last name Puffy is the 3,017,195th most widespread last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 173,512,998 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 60 percent of Puffy live; 55 percent live in Southern Africa and 55 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 962,660th most commonly used first name throughout the world, held by 97 people.
This last name is most widespread in South Africa, where it is carried by 23 people, or 1 in 2,355,552. In South Africa it is mostly found in: Western Cape, where 100 percent live. Barring South Africa it exists in 8 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 26 percent live and China, where 5 percent live.
Puffy Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Puffy has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Puffy last name increased 183 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Puffy Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Puffy earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 0.91% less than the national average, earning R 235,476 per year and in United States they earn 39.45% less than the national average, earning $26,125 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Puffay | 91 | 74 | / |
| Puffey | 91 | 0 | / |
| Puffe | 80 | 243 | / |
| Puffi | 80 | 45 | / |
| Puffa | 80 | 22 | / |
| Pufoy | 80 | 0 | / |
| Puffer | 73 | 3,437 | / |
| Puffet | 73 | 243 | / |
| Puiffe | 73 | 95 | / |
| Pouffa | 73 | 12 | / |
| Putfoy | 73 | 2 | / |
| Puyfay | 73 | 2 | / |
| Puifoy | 73 | 2 | / |
| Piffey | 73 | 2 | / |
| Pouffe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Puffie | 73 | 1 | / |
| Pauffe | 73 | 0 | / |
| Puffit | 73 | 0 | / |
| Puffett | 67 | 661 | / |
| Pufe | 67 | 194 | / |
| Pouffet | 67 | 55 | / |
| Puffitt | 67 | 39 | / |
| Pufa | 67 | 13 | / |
| Pufi | 67 | 10 | / |
| Pouffer | 67 | 3 | / |
| Phutfoy | 67 | 2 | / |
| Puthfoy | 67 | 2 | / |
| Peuffer | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pouffie | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pouffes | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pufé | 67 | 1 | / |
| Phuffer | 67 | 0 | / |
| Pfuffer | 67 | 0 | / |
| Pauffer | 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
- 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 Puffy
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