The surname Cuffie
A patronymic surname, carried by 869 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex C100
Origin
From the Irish surname, variant of Cuff. From the Akan given name Kofi, "boy born on a Friday", thus also a patronymic surname common among African-American and Afro-Caribbean communities.
Cuffie is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 869 people named Cuffie in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 355,288 Americans. That is up 23% since 2000, when the Census counted 706.
Who is named Cuffie
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
79% of people named Cuffie identified as Black (not Hispanic), 14% as white (not Hispanic) and 4.4% as two or more races.
- Black (not Hispanic) 79%
- White (not Hispanic) 14%
- Two or more races 4.4%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Cuffie has the Soundex code C100, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C100.
Questions
- Where does the surname Cuffie come from?
- From the Irish surname, variant of Cuff. From the Akan given name Kofi, "boy born on a Friday", thus also a patronymic surname common among African-American and Afro-Caribbean communities.
- How common is the surname Cuffie?
- 869 people in the United States had the surname Cuffie in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 355,288 Americans. It ranked 27,678th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Cuffie?
- In the 2010 Census, 79% of people named Cuffie identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 14% as white (not Hispanic).
- What type of surname is Cuffie?
- Cuffie is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
- Is the surname Cuffie getting more or less common?
- More common. 706 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 869 in 2010, up 23%.