Tuffney Surname

2,061,309th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 83 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Tuffney Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tuffney Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England691:807,50843,459
South Africa71:7,739,672177,858
Wales31:1,031,51134,732
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England241:1,015,64040,589
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Tuffney Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tuffney is more commonly found in England than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tuffney? popularity and diffusion

The surname Tuffney is the 2,061,309th most frequent last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 87,801,758 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 90 percent of Tuffney are found; 88 percent are found in Northern Europe and 88 percent are found in British Isles.

Tuffney is most frequently used in England, where it is held by 69 people, or 1 in 807,508. In England Tuffney is primarily concentrated in: Buckinghamshire, where 41 percent reside, Gloucestershire, where 12 percent reside and Devon, where 10 percent reside. Excluding England this surname exists in 6 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 8 percent reside and Wales, where 4 percent reside.

Tuffney Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Tuffney has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the last name increased 288 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it contracted 67 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tiffney86445/
Tuffner86187/
Tauffner8032/
Teuffner801/
Tufner7733/
Tifney777/
Tiffne771/
Toufne771/
Taufner71315/
Teufner71178/
Tiffnie710/
Tufnaue710/
Tiffnay710/
Tifne676/
Tiffinnie630/
Tifnay620/
Thieffinne5914/
Tifenny570/
Tifni5058/
Tifna501/

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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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  • 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 Tuffney
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