The surname Puffer
A surname, carried by 1,875 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex P160
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,875 people named Puffer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 164,664 Americans. That is up 6.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,767.
#15,595
rank among US surnames
1,875
people in 2010
0.6
per 100,000 Americans
+6.1%
change since 2000 (was #15,269)
Who is named Puffer
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
94% of people named Puffer identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as two or more races and 1.7% as American Indian and Alaska Native.
- White (not Hispanic) 94%
- Two or more races 2.2%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 1.7%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Puffer has the Soundex code P160, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P160.
Questions
- How common is the surname Puffer?
- 1,875 people in the United States had the surname Puffer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 164,664 Americans. It ranked 15,595th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Puffer?
- In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Puffer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as two or more races.
- Is the surname Puffer getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,767 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,875 in 2010, up 6.1%.