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 surname Tufft occurs most in England. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tufft? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,441,361st most frequently occurring last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 48,909,704 people. The surname Tufft occurs predominantly in Europe, where 80 percent of Tufft are found; 80 percent are found in Northern Europe and 79 percent are found in British Isles.

This surname is most widely held in England, where it is carried by 80 people, or 1 in 696,476. In England Tufft is most frequent in: West Midlands, where 21 percent are found, West Sussex, where 14 percent are found and Cheshire, where 14 percent are found. Other than England Tufft occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 19 percent are found and Wales, where 15 percent are found.

Tufft Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Tufft has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Tufft last name increased 200 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it declined 15 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Scotland it increased 300 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Tufft Last Name Statistics demography

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

In The United States those holding the Tufft last name are 3.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 50% registered to vote for 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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