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    The surname Cunniff

    An Irish surname, carried by 1,641 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C510

    Cunniff: #17,258 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Cunniff #17,258, 1,641 people Cunniff: #17,258 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Cunniff #17,258, 1,641 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cunniff is more common than 89.4% of them.

    Origin

    Irish origin

    Reduced form of McCunniff.

    One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,641 people named Cunniff in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 188,145 Americans. That is up 1.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,615.

    #17,258
    rank among US surnames
    1,641
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.6%
    change since 2000 (was #16,411)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,249Makela1,642188,030
    #17,258Elders1,641188,145

    Who is named Cunniff

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

    96% of people named Cunniff identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • Two or more races 0.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Canniff
    • Conniff
    • Cunniffe

    Cunniff has the Soundex code C510, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C510.

    Other Irish surnames

    All 880 Irish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Cunniff come from?
    Reduced form of McCunniff.
    How common is the surname Cunniff?
    1,641 people in the United States had the surname Cunniff in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 188,145 Americans. It ranked 17,258th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Cunniff?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Cunniff identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Cunniff getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,615 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,641 in 2010, up 1.6%.
    What are other spellings of Cunniff?
    Canniff, Conniff and Cunniffe.