# Muff (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/muff/  
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 | Norse |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,121 |
| US rank (2010) | 22,838 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 275,420 people |
| Change since 2000 | +9.3% (1,026 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As an English surname, variant of Mowe, itself from Middle English maugh (“son-in-law”), from Old Norse mágr. * As a German and Alemannic German surname, from the noun mupf (“drooping mouth”), which is probably ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *mauwu (“protruding mouth, pout”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Muff 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) | 77% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 20% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.0% |
| Two or more races | 1.7% |

## Similar surnames

Mahaffey, Mabe, Mapp, Maffei, Mehaffey, Mabie, Mabey, Maybee.

## 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.