The POFF surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
	Total	Rank	Frequency %	Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot)	4,954	6333	0.002	18
United States (1880 census)	898	5970	0.002	18
Change since 1880	+4056	-363	0	0
Other Countries
Australia	0			0
United Kingdom	14	29734	0	0

Top States for POFF by Total
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
Virginia	886	1033	0.013	125
Pennsylvania	439	3499	0.004	36
Ohio	333	4214	0.003	29
Florida	257	7561	0.002	16
Texas	231	8041	0.001	11
Top States for POFF by Frequency
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
Virginia	886	1033	0.013	125
West Virginia	108	2240	0.006	60
Kentucky	169	2994	0.004	42
Oregon	130	3405	0.004	38
Pennsylvania	439	3499	0.004	36

Notes

Total is the total number of people with that surname.
Rank is the position in the list of names ordered by total (eg, a rank of 1 means that it's the most common name, and a rank of 10 means it's the tenth most common, etc).
Frequency is the percentage of people with that surname.
Per million people is the number of people with that surname per million of the population.

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

Classification and Origin of POFF

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 POFF 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 POFF 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 POFF in the USA

Classification	Total	Percent
Mixed Race	54	1.09
White (Hispanic)	54	1.09
Asian/Pacific	18	0.36
Black/African American	14	0.28
Native American/Alaskan	5	0.1
White (Caucasian)	4,809	97.07

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

Similar names to POFF

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as POFF.

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.