# Acuff (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/acuff/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,458 |
| US rank (2010) | 12,593 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 125,608 people |
| Change since 2000 | -0.7% (2,475 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈeɪ.kʌf/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Acuff in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 88% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 6.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.3% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Acuff in the United States.

## People named Acuff

- Roy Acuff, American country music singer and fiddler (1903-1992)
- Amy Acuff, American athlete
- Eddie Acuff, American actor
- Darius Acuff Jr., American basketball player (born 2006)

## Similar surnames

Ashby, Asif, Assaf, Assefa, Ağayev.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.