Stuff Surname

581,222nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 540 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Stuff Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Stuff Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany4981:161,65819,191
Brazil121:17,839,528311,080
England121:4,643,172139,951
Papua New Guinea91:905,96994,851
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England91:2,708,37473,770
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States951:528,61836,719

The alternate forms: Stüff (15) are calculated separately.

Stuff (98) may also be a first name.

Stuff Last Name Facts

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

The last name Stuff is carried by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant: Stüff. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Stuff? popularity and diffusion

Stuff is the 581,222nd most widely held last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 13,495,455 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 95 percent of Stuff reside; 92 percent reside in Western Europe and 92 percent reside in Germanic Europe. Stuff is also the 956,749th most commonly held first name internationally, borne by 98 people.

The last name is most commonly held in Germany, where it is borne by 498 people, or 1 in 161,658. In Germany it is mostly found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 78 percent live, Schleswig-Holstein, where 7 percent live and Lower Saxony, where 5 percent live. Not including Germany this surname occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 2 percent live and England, where 2 percent live.

Stuff Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Stuff has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Stuff surname increased 133 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Stüff9315/
Stauff91635/
Stouff91397/
Stufft91313/
Stuhff9143/
Steuff917/
Stuffe912/
Stupff911/
Stuffs910/
Stuf8925/
Stouffs83250/
Stouffe8345/
Steuffe833/
Stauffe831/
Steufft831/
Staufft830/
Stauf80546/
Stupf8073/
Stouf8032/
Stuyf8013/
Stuft806/
Stufe804/
Stuif804/
Steuf802/
Stóff801/
Stoeff7392/
Stauft7339/
Stoufs7330/
Stühff7321/
Stooff7320/
Stuijf736/
Shtuft736/
Shtouf733/
Steufe733/
Staufe731/
Stuttf731/
Stoufe731/
Stéouf731/
Sztuft731/
Stub67678/
Stüf6730/
Stuw672/
Ztuf671/

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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 Stuff
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