How common is the surname Paff?

1,027 people in the United States had the surname Paff in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 300,629 Americans. It ranked 24,388th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Paff?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Paff identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.2% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Is the surname Paff getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,056 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,027 in 2010, down 2.7%.

The surname Paff

A surname, carried by 1,027 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex P100

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Paff is more common than 85% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,027 people named Paff in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 300,629 Americans. That is down 2.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,056.

#24,388

rank among US surnames

1,027

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

-2.7%

change since 2000 (was #22,706)

Who is named Paff

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

93% of people named Paff identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.2% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Asian and Pacific Islander 3.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
Two or more races 1.1%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Paff

Paff has the Soundex code P100, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P100.

Questions

How common is the surname Paff?: 1,027 people in the United States had the surname Paff in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 300,629 Americans. It ranked 24,388th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Paff?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Paff identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.2% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Is the surname Paff getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,056 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,027 in 2010, down 2.7%.