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The DUFF surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 16,119 2058 0.006 60
United States (1880 census) 4,974 1235 0.01 99
Change since 1880 +11145 -823 -0.004 -39
Other Countries
Australia 1,973 821 0.012 121
United Kingdom 6,848 917 0.015 149
Top States for DUFF by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
California 1,082 2879 0.003 32
Ohio 1,073 1235 0.009 95
Texas 1,003 2341 0.005 48
Florida 898 2250 0.006 56
Michigan 819 1313 0.008 82
Top States for DUFF by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Kentucky 797 746 0.020 197
Virginia 740 1242 0.010 105
Vermont 62 1730 0.010 102
Missouri 565 1245 0.010 101
Maine 125 1823 0.010 98

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

Classification and Origin of DUFF

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: Scotland

Language of origin: Gaelic

Ethnic origin: Celtic

Religious origin: Christian

Name derivation: From given name or forename

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the DUFF 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 DUFF 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 DUFF in the USA

Classification Total Percent
White (Hispanic) 255 1.58
Mixed Race 251 1.56
Asian/Pacific 87 0.54
Native American/Alaskan 58 0.36
White (Caucasian) 14,078 87.34
Black/African American 1,389 8.62

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

Meaning of DUFF in historical publications

In the Gaelic, signifies black, but in the Cor. Br. and Welsh, a captain.

Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.


DUFF. " This noble family is derived from Fife Mac-Duff, who Avas a man of considerable Avealth and poAver in Scotland temp, king Kenneth II., and gave that prince great assistance in his Avars Avith the Picts about the year 831." Kemieth made

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.


Similar names to DUFF

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as DUFF.

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 DUFF

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