Wuff Surname

1,918,812th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 94 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Belgium

Wuff Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wuff Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany681:1,183,90477,258
Belgium151:766,44363,354
United States71:51,779,848968,877
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

The alternate forms: Wüff (1) are calculated separately.

Wuff Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wuff has its highest incidence in Germany. It can also be found in the variant forms: Wüff. Click here for other potential spellings of Wuff.

How Common Is The Last Name Wuff? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,918,812th most widely held family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 77,527,084 people. The surname Wuff occurs predominantly in Europe, where 89 percent of Wuff reside; 89 percent reside in Western Europe and 73 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most numerous in Germany, where it is borne by 68 people, or 1 in 1,183,904. In Germany it is most prevalent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 65 percent are found, Baden-Württemberg, where 10 percent are found and Hesse, where 10 percent are found. Beside Germany this surname occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 16 percent are found and The United States, where 7 percent are found.

Wuff Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Wuff has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 233 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Wuff Last Name Statistics demography

Wuff earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 61.76% less than the national average, earning $16,500 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wüff921/
Wuiff893/
Wauff891/
Wuf8629/
Wouffe801/
Buff755,432/
Wouf753/
Wuft752/
Wufz752/
Wuyf751/
Wufh751/
Wufe751/
Wauf751/
Wguf751/
Weuf751/
Wuif751/
Wooff67676/
Bouff6713/
Waufh674/
Woeff673/
Wuttf672/
Bufff671/
Waufe671/
Woufe670/
Bauff670/
Beuff670/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Wuff
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