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The BUFFIN surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 613 34856 0 2
United States (1880 census) 103 30964 0 2
Change since 1880 +510 -3892 +N/A 0
Other Countries
Australia 6 132046 0 0
United Kingdom 184 17307 0 4
Top States for BUFFIN by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Kentucky 118 4262 0.003 29
Texas 100 16814 0.000 5
Louisiana 71 7529 0.002 16
Michigan 59 23219 0.001 6
California 56 42362 0.000 2
Top States for BUFFIN by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Kentucky 118 4262 0.003 29
Louisiana 71 7529 0.002 16
Michigan 59 23219 0.001 6
Texas 100 16814 0.000 5
Virginia 28 20576 0.000 4

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called BUFFIN live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called BUFFIN represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called BUFFIN in Kentucky than any other state, but you are more likely to find a BUFFIN by picking someone at random in Kentucky than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of BUFFIN

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Language of origin: English

Ethnic origin: English

Religious origin: Christian

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the BUFFIN surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the BUFFIN surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of BUFFIN in the USA

Classification Total Percent
White (Caucasian) 306 49.92
Black/African American 290 47.31
White (Hispanic) 7 1.14
Mixed Race 5 0.82
Asian/Pacific Less than 100 Insignificant
Native American/Alaskan Less than 100 Insignificant

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the BUFFIN surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of BUFFIN in historical publications

Sorry, we don't have any information on the meaning of BUFFIN.

Similar names to BUFFIN

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as BUFFIN.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for BUFFIN

The following words are slight variants of BUFFIN that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.