Tuffs Surname
Approximately 924 people bear this surname
Tuffs Surname Definition:
Tuff’s (Son): v. Tuff.
Tuffs Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 566 | 1:98,442 | 10,421 |
| United States | 220 | 1:1,647,541 | 109,999 |
| Canada | 45 | 1:818,791 | 63,991 |
| Australia | 32 | 1:843,616 | 52,533 |
| New Zealand | 25 | 1:181,133 | 19,287 |
| Wales | 15 | 1:206,302 | 13,003 |
| Scotland | 10 | 1:535,382 | 20,332 |
| Denmark | 3 | 1:1,881,572 | 67,227 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 3 | 1:1,476,622 | 29,385 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 272 | 1:89,615 | 9,328 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:1,568,416 | 19,290 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 82 | 1:612,423 | 40,920 |
Tuffs Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Tuff’s (Son): v. Tuff.
(English) Dweller at a toft, a yard enclosing a residence.
From the Old Norse, Tófi; in the Domesday Book, Tovi, Tuffa, Tofig, Tof; from the German, Tüffert; from the Dutch, Toff; from the Swedish, Tufveson; a personal name.$
Tuffs Demographics
Tuffs Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Tuffs Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tuffs Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tuffs occurs more in England more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of Tuffs click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tuffs? popularity and diffusion
The last name Tuffs is the 384,654th most frequently held family name globally, held by around 1 in 7,886,954 people. Tuffs is mostly found in Europe, where 65 percent of Tuffs are found; 64 percent are found in Northern Europe and 64 percent are found in British Isles.
This surname is most frequent in England, where it is carried by 566 people, or 1 in 98,442. In England Tuffs is most prevalent in: Suffolk, where 16 percent are found, Hampshire, where 10 percent are found and Kent, where 8 percent are found. Not including England it occurs in 14 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 24 percent are found and Canada, where 5 percent are found.
Tuffs Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Tuffs has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Tuffs last name expanded 208 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it expanded 268 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 1,500 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it contracted 67 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Tuffs Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is principally Catholic (50%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Tuffs last name are 15.73% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 62.5% being registered with the political party.
The amount Tuffs earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 0.37% less than the national average, earning $42,990 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.82% more than the national average, earning $50,090 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tuff | 89 | 2,370 | / |
| Tufs | 89 | 1 | / |
| Tufft | 80 | 149 | / |
| Touff | 80 | 31 | / |
| Tuffe | 80 | 16 | / |
| Teuff | 80 | 3 | / |
| Tauff | 80 | 3 | / |
| Tuffp | 80 | 1 | / |
| Tuffh | 80 | 0 | / |
| Tiffs | 80 | 0 | / |
| Toufs | 80 | 0 | / |
| Tuf | 75 | 146 | / |
| Touffe | 73 | 91 | / |
| Tufshë | 73 | 7 | / |
| Tufshe | 73 | 4 | / |
| Tousfs | 73 | 4 | / |
| Teuffe | 73 | 2 | / |
| Tauffe | 73 | 0 | / |
| Tufftt | 73 | 0 | / |
| Teuf | 67 | 1,118 | / |
| Tuft | 67 | 518 | / |
| Tauf | 67 | 264 | / |
| Tufe | 67 | 88 | / |
| Tubs | 67 | 54 | / |
| Tupf | 67 | 52 | / |
| Touf | 67 | 26 | / |
| Tuuf | 67 | 17 | / |
| Tutf | 67 | 3 | / |
| Tuvs | 67 | 2 | / |
| Htuf | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dtuf | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tguf | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tuyf | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tufp | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tufh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tifs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tuif | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tuffová | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tufz | 67 | 0 | / |
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