Tufte Surname
Approximately 1,306 people bear this surname
Tufte Surname Definition:
(English) Dweller at a toft, a yard enclosing a residence.
Tufte Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 652 | 1:555,919 | 45,866 |
| Norway | 614 | 1:8,375 | 880 |
| Denmark | 21 | 1:268,796 | 20,394 |
| Germany | 7 | 1:11,500,780 | 305,602 |
| Greece | 4 | 1:2,769,948 | 101,568 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 24 | 1:2,092,445 | 103,667 |
Tufte Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(English) Dweller at a toft, a yard enclosing a residence.
Tufte Demographics
Tufte Political Affiliation
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Tufte Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tufte Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tufte is most common in The United States. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Tufte click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tufte? popularity and diffusion
Tufte is the 292,632nd most prevalent surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 5,580,050 people. It occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 50 percent of Tufte are found; 50 percent are found in North America and 50 percent are found in Anglo-North America.
Tufte is most frequently held in The United States, where it is borne by 652 people, or 1 in 555,919. In The United States it is primarily found in: Minnesota, where 36 percent reside, North Dakota, where 13 percent reside and Illinois, where 7 percent reside. Without taking into account The United States this surname exists in 11 countries. It also occurs in Norway, where 47 percent reside and Denmark, where 2 percent reside.
Tufte Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Tufte has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Tufte last name grew 2,717 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Tufte Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Tufte surname are 15.83% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 62.6% being registered with the political party.
The amount Tufte earn in different countries varies somewhat. In Norway they earn 4.75% less than the national average, earning 329,648 kr per year and in United States they earn 8.7% more than the national average, earning $46,905 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tuftee | 91 | 163 | / |
| Tuftie | 91 | 60 | / |
| Tufteh | 91 | 1 | / |
| Tuftes | 91 | 0 | / |
| Tufter | 91 | 0 | / |
| Tuffte | 91 | 0 | / |
| Tuft | 89 | 518 | / |
| Tufts | 80 | 4,768 | / |
| Tufft | 80 | 149 | / |
| Tufty | 80 | 132 | / |
| Tufta | 80 | 106 | / |
| Tufti | 80 | 6 | / |
| Tuift | 80 | 1 | / |
| Thuft | 80 | 1 | / |
| Åtuft | 80 | 1 | / |
| Teuft | 80 | 1 | / |
| Tauft | 80 | 0 | / |
| Tuftt | 80 | 0 | / |
| Håtuft | 73 | 33 | / |
| Tuffts | 73 | 10 | / |
| Tuftai | 73 | 3 | / |
| Tuftys | 73 | 1 | / |
| Tuftoy | 73 | 1 | / |
| Tufftt | 73 | 0 | / |
| Thuftdt | 67 | 9 | / |
| Tieffte | 67 | 2 | / |
| Tubt | 67 | 1 | / |
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Footnotes
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