# Cuff (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/cuff/  
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 | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,022 |
| US rank (2010) | 10,598 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 102,166 people |
| Change since 2000 | +5.6% (2,862 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Cuffe |

## Etymology

Various etymologies: * As an English surname, from Middle English cuffe (“glove”); see cuff. * As an Irish surname, from mac duibh (“son of the dark one”), see Duff. * As a Cornish surname, from cuf (“kind, dear”), from Proto-Celtic *koymo- (“nice, dear”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóymos (“village, home”); see home.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Cuff 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) | 65% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 25% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.6% |
| Two or more races | 4.4% |

## Similar surnames

Cuffee, Cuffie, Cobb, Coffey, Cope, Chapa, Covey, Cave, Cupp, Coffee, Chaffee, Cueva.

## 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.