How common is the surname Muff?

1,121 people in the United States had the surname Muff in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 275,420 Americans. It ranked 22,838th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Muff getting more or less common?

More common. 1,026 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,121 in 2010, up 9.3%.

Is Muff also a first name?

Yes. Muff is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Muff

A Norse surname, carried by 1,121 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex M100

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Muff is more common than 85.9% of them.

Origin

Norse origin

* 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”).

One of 126 Norse surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,121 people named Muff in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 275,420 Americans. That is up 9.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,026.

#22,838

rank among US surnames

1,121

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+9.3%

change since 2000 (was #23,207)

Who is named Muff

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

77% of people named Muff identified as white (not Hispanic), 20% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.7% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 77%
Black (not Hispanic) 20%
Two or more races 1.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.0%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Other Norse surnames

All 126 Norse surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Muff come from?: * 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”).
How common is the surname Muff?: 1,121 people in the United States had the surname Muff in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 275,420 Americans. It ranked 22,838th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Muff?: In the 2010 Census, 77% of people named Muff identified as white (not Hispanic), and 20% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Muff getting more or less common?: More common. 1,026 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,121 in 2010, up 9.3%.
Is Muff also a first name?: Yes. Muff is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.