How common is the surname Buff?

2,564 people in the United States had the surname Buff in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 120,416 Americans. It ranked 12,153rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Buff?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Buff identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Buff?

Charlotte Buff, acquaintance of Goethe.

Where is the surname Buff most common?

Wikidata records people named Buff in the Kingdom of Prussia.

Is the surname Buff getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,794 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,564 in 2010, down 8.2%.

The surname Buff

A surname, carried by 2,564 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex B100

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Buff is more common than 92.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,564 people named Buff in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 120,416 Americans. That is down 8.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,794.

#12,153

rank among US surnames

2,564

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

-8.2%

change since 2000 (was #10,532)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,148	Rosato	2,565	120,369
#12,153	Buff	2,564	120,416
#12,156	Noack	2,563	120,463

Who is named Buff

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

93% of people named Buff identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 2.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Buffs

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Charlotte Buff
Acquaintance of Goethe, 1753–1828

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Buff

Buffa

Buff has the Soundex code B100, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B100.

Questions

How common is the surname Buff?: 2,564 people in the United States had the surname Buff in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 120,416 Americans. It ranked 12,153rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Buff?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Buff identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Buff?: Charlotte Buff, acquaintance of Goethe.
Where is the surname Buff most common?: Wikidata records people named Buff in the Kingdom of Prussia.
Is the surname Buff getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,794 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,564 in 2010, down 8.2%.