Tufft Surname

1,441,361st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 149 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Wales

Tufft Surname Definition:

(Anglo-Scand.) variant of Toft, q.v. [Old Norse tupt, topt (p as f), a homestead]

Tufft Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England801:696,47639,547
United States291:12,498,584473,286
Wales231:134,5459,804
Scotland151:356,92115,763
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland41:1,107,46726,093
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England401:609,38430,680
Scotland51:748,64318,576
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States341:1,477,02079,266

Tufft Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Anglo-Scand.) variant of Toft, q.v. [Old Norse tupt, topt (p as f), a homestead]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Tufft Last Name Facts

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

The last name Tufft is more commonly found in England than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Tufft.

How Common Is The Last Name Tufft? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,441,361st most frequent last name globally, borne by around 1 in 48,909,704 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 80 percent of Tufft live; 80 percent live in Northern Europe and 79 percent live in British Isles.

Tufft is most commonly used in England, where it is borne by 80 people, or 1 in 696,476. In England it is most frequent in: West Midlands, where 21 percent reside, West Sussex, where 14 percent reside and Cheshire, where 14 percent reside. Aside from England this surname occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 19 percent reside and Wales, where 15 percent reside.

Tufft Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Tufft has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Tufft surname expanded 200 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it declined 15 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Scotland it expanded 300 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Tufft Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is chiefly Methodist (75%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Tufft surname are 3.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 50% registered with the party.

Tufft earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 29.57% less than the national average, earning $30,388 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tuffts9110/
Tufftt910/
Tuffte910/
Tuff892,370/
Tuft89518/
Tufts804,768/
Tufte801,306/
Tuffs80924/
Tifft80850/
Touff8031/
Tuffe8016/
Teuff803/
Tauff803/
Tuift801/
Tuffp801/
Thuft801/
Åtuft801/
Teuft801/
Tuffh800/
Tuftt800/
Tauft800/
Tuf75146/
Touffe7391/
Håtuft7333/
Teuffe732/
Tauffe730/
Teuf671,118/
Tift671,040/
Tauf67264/
Tufe6788/
Tupf6752/
Touf6726/
Tuuf6717/
Thuftdt679/
Tutf673/
Dtuf671/
Tuffová671/
Tuif671/
Tufs671/
Tufh671/
Tufp671/
Tutv671/
Tuyf671/
Tubt671/
Tguf671/
Htuf671/
Tufz670/

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Tufft
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