Tuff Surname

179,912th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,370 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Northern Ireland

Tuff Surname Definition:

(English) 1 the Anglo-Saxon Tuf, Tuffa, a nickname [from Old English ge)púf, bushy, tufty-púf, a tuft; whence Dialectal English tuff, a tuft, lock] 2 Tough [Old English tóh]

Tuff Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States9071:399,62434,977
England5541:100,57410,615
Canada4331:85,0949,439
Iran1301:590,63533,044
Australia1191:226,85521,510
Northern Ireland481:38,4383,628
Scotland441:121,6787,769
Norway421:122,43516,038
Denmark211:268,79620,394
South Africa141:3,869,836127,494
New Zealand111:411,66631,040
India81:95,883,173728,828
Germany81:10,063,182283,807
Brazil71:30,582,047441,004
Russia61:24,020,509493,300
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland501:88,5975,964
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England3531:69,0527,784
Scotland151:249,5488,553
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States871:577,22639,167

Tuff (95) may also be a first name.

Tuff Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) 1 the Anglo-Saxon Tuf, Tuffa, a nickname [from Old English ge)púf, bushy, tufty-púf, a tuft; whence Dialectal English tuff, a tuft, lock] 2 Tough [Old English tóh]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) Dweller at a toft, a yard enclosing a residence.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

From the Dutch, Duif, Toff; a personal name.$

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Tuff Last Name Facts

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

The last name Tuff (Russian: Туфф) occurs in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tuff? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 179,912th most numerous family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 3,074,914 people. This last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 52 percent of Tuff live; 52 percent live in North America and 52 percent live in Anglo-North America. Tuff is also the 974,243rd most prevalent given name in the world It is held by 95 people.

The surname Tuff is most commonly used in The United States, where it is borne by 907 people, or 1 in 399,624. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: Florida, where 14 percent reside, Georgia, where 12 percent reside and New York, where 9 percent reside. Excluding The United States this last name is found in 30 countries. It is also common in England, where 23 percent reside and Canada, where 18 percent reside.

Tuff Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Tuff has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Tuff last name rose 1,043 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 157 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it rose 293 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Tuff Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the surname is chiefly Anglican (68%) in Ireland.

In The United States Tuff are 1.53% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 51.7% registered with the party.

The amount Tuff earn in different countries varies significantly. In Norway they earn 30.36% less than the national average, earning 241,007 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 0.08% more than the national average, earning R 237,828 per year; in United States they earn 9.05% less than the national average, earning $39,245 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.22% more than the national average, earning $49,794 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tuffs89924/
Tufft89149/
Touff8931/
Tuffe8916/
Teuff893/
Tauff893/
Tuffp891/
Tuffh890/
Tuf86146/
Touffe8091/
Teuffe802/
Tufftt800/
Tauffe800/
Teuf751,118/
Tuft75518/
Tauf75264/
Tufe7588/
Tupf7552/
Touf7526/
Tuuf7517/
Tutf753/
Tuyf751/
Tufp751/
Tufh751/
Tufs751/
Tuif751/
Tguf751/
Dtuf751/
Htuf751/
Tufz750/
Tuffová731/
Htouf6758/
Toufe6758/
Taufe6751/
Teufe673/
Dtouf671/
Ttouf671/
Tujfp671/
Toupf671/
Tuift671/
Thauf671/
Thuft671/
Tuutf671/
Tousf671/
Tuufe671/
Theuf671/
Teuft671/
Åtuft671/
Tauft670/
Tuftt670/
Toufs670/

Tuff Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tuff in the Russian language
Туффtuff-

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